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What powerful Nigerians say at the burial ceremony of late Dr. Herbert Wigwe

by Emerald Nigeria
March 9, 2024
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What powerful Nigerians say at the burial ceremony of late Dr. Herbert Wigwe

It was an end of an era as the late Dr. Herbert Wigwe, the co-founder and Chief Executive of Access Bank Group, his wife, Chizoba and 29-year-old son, Chizzy were laid to rest in a private cemetery within the sprawling private home he built inside the premises of the Wigwe University in his country home of Isiokpo in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State.

Recall that the deceased were on board the ill-fated helicopter that crashed between the boundaries of Nevada and California in the United States after 11-hour flight from London on February 9, 2024.

In his tribute to the departed business mogul, the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, who attended the funeral ceremony on Saturday at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Lion of Judah Parish, Isiokpo, described late Dr. Wigwe as a great mentor who positively impacted the younger generations to greatness.

Akpabio said Wigwe had left behind indelible legacies that would be difficult to equate in the education and financial sectors respectively and enjoined all to imbibe the positive virtues of the late billionaire.

The Senate President noted that Wigwe’s passion for human capital development, prompted him to support many in acquiring tertiary education across the world, as well as establishing a university in his hometown, (Wigwe University) in Isiokpo, stating that his contributions to the human capital development would be remembered.

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“I believe he was a great mentor. He mentored a lot of younger people and he was a serious role model to the future generation that you can build from nothing and get to greatness. To become great, you must work hard, because with hard work, you can achieve greatness.

“The University he has left behind was because of his passion for education, He has supported and sent so many to educational citadels across the world and leaving this edifice behind, You know the university is not only for Nigerians, it is for the entire global community, So just like he was a global banker, opening bank branches all over the place, he actually has dropped a legacy in education that he would be remembered for years to come.

“This man has made so much impact around the world, He gave food to so many people in Nigeria and many countries in the world, even in Dubai. He was also in China, he did a lot, He put food on the table of so many in the world. So I regarded him as a global citizen, an Icon of the world.”

Also speaking shortly after the event, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives and immediate past Governor of Sokoto State, Waziri Aminu Tambuwal, said Wigwe gave his best to the financial sector in Nigeria.

“He was an illustrious son. Someone who gave his best to the Nigerian financial sector, Unfortunately, he met an untimely death. It was his time, God Almighty had called upon him and he had to answer. Our consolation is that he did very well and he has left a very lasting legacy, May his soul rest in peace.”

Meanwhile, the Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus said the vacuum created by the death of Wigwe would be hard to fill up.

Secondus stated that the University Wigwe left behind in his home town would not only benefit his kinsmen, but the entire country.

“We are in pain because of the death of our brother. He has left a huge legacy that it would be very difficult for a very long time to fill.

“He was our brother and he was a leader and of course you know he was a financial guru. He was like a man who saw tomorrow. He dreamt and he followed his dream to the letter coming back home to establish the university that would have been the best and is still going to be the best in the world, is one legacy that he has left that everybody in Isiokpo, in Rivers State, Nigeria and Africa as a whole would continue to remember him”

Source: Vanguard News
Tags: Access HoldingsHerbert Wigwe
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