The Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has declared Wednesday, February 7th 2024, as a work-free day in honour of the late former Governor of the State, Bukar Abba Ibrahim.
Buni made this known in a statement on Tuesday by his Director General, Press and Media Affairs, Mamman Mohammed.
The statement said Wednesday was declared a work-free day in Yobe to mark the third-day prayers for the late Bukar Abba Ibrahim, who died in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
The third-day prayers, according to him, would be offered at the Government House Mosque, Damaturu.
Mohammed also disclosed that the Yobe State government has officially taken over the funeral rites to honour the late governor, and Gov Buni, in the company of government officials and the family of the late governor, has been receiving condolences from sympathisers from within and outside the state at the Government House, Damaturu.
