‘She uplifted her community’ — Tinubu pays tribute to Yilwatda’s mother

President Bola Tinubu has extended his condolences to Nentawe Yilwatda, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), over the passing of his mother, Lydia Yilwatda.

She died on Sunday morning, at the University of Jos Teaching Hospital, at the age of 83.

Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, said in a statement on Sunday that the president extolled Lydia for the life she led.

Tinubu described her as “a woman of virtue who lived a life dedicated to faith, service, and the uplifting of her community”.

He urged the APC chairman to accept her passing as the will of God.

“The President enjoins the APC Chairman to accept her death as the will of Almighty God and be consoled by the life of purpose his mother lived,” the statement reads.

“President Tinubu prays for the repose of the soul of Mama Yilwatda and beseeches God to grant Prof. Yilwatda, the entire family and all those Mama left behind the strength to bear the loss.”