Osinbajo leads delegation from FG to Shonekan’s funeral in Lagos

Chief Ernest Shonekan, the former Head of Interim Government, is being laid to rest at the Cathedral Church Of Christ, Marina, Lagos.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is in charge of the Federal Government delegation.

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, the Former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, and the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, are among those in attendance.

Ibikunle Amosun, the former governor of Ogun State, is also in attendance.

The Lagos State government announced a 13-hour road closure leading to Marina, where the funeral is being held.

Chief Shonekan, who led the Interim National Government from August to November 1993, passed away on January 11, 2022, at the age of 86.

Born in Lagos on May 9, 1936, into the family of a civil servant from Abeokuta. Ernest Shonekan went to Igbobi College and CMS Grammar School.

He went on to Harvard Business School after receiving a law degree from the University of London and being called to the bar.

In 1964, Shonekan joined the UAC. He worked his way up through the company’s ranks and was eventually promoted to assistant legal adviser. At the age of 40, he became a deputy adviser and was elected to the board of directors.

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In 1980, he was promoted to Chairman and Managing Director, and he went on to develop a diverse network of international business and political contacts.

General Babangida appointed Shonekan as the head of the transitional council and Head of Government on January 2, 1993.

In 1994, he founded the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, a think-tank and advocacy group for private-sector-led economic development in Nigeria.

Shonekan has risen to prominence as an elder statesman since then.

After Queen Elizabeth II and General Yakubu Gowon, he was the third oldest surviving Nigerian Head of State at the time of his death.