BENIN CITY – The Edo House of Assembly yesterday in Benin held a valedictory session in honour of a former legislator in the state House of Assembly. Late Mr. Alfred Uwadia.
Uwadia , who died at the age of 83, had represented Egor, Ikpoba-Okha and Oredo constituencies of the defunct Bendel State.
At the session, the Speaker, Mr. Victor Edoror, described late Uwadia as a man of peace and integrity, who lived a fulfilled life.
Edoror urged his children to emulate the legacies he left behind.
Other members took turns to eulogize the deceased.
Mr. Enobakhare Uwadia, the eldest son of the deceased, described his father as a man of honour.
He commended the lawmakers for finding time to honour his late father.