Kogi commissioner for Solid Minerals and Natural Resources mourns deceased fmr Ajaokuta Chair, Hassan Balogun »

Kogi State Commissioner for Solid Minerals and Natural Resources, Engr Abubakar Bashir Muhammed has condoled the peoole of Ajaokuta Local Government Area over the demise of the former Chairman of the Council, Hon Hassan Balogun.

The Commissioner made this known in a press statement he made available to newsmen in Lokoja on Wednesday.

Engr Bashir who described the deceased politician as a man of peace who was friends to everyone, further described him as peaceful and resourceful man when he was alive.

He prayed Almighty Allah to grant the deceased eternal rest in Jannatul Firdaus while further soliciting grace for the family to bear the loss.

The Commissioner used the opportunity to condole the people of Ebiraland and urged them to see the loss as the will of Almighty Allah who gives and takes lives at the appropriate time.