#First Lady Honors Yar’Adua Family With Heartfelt Condolence Visit

#First Lady Honors Yar’Adua Family With Heartfelt Condolence Visit

The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Monday, paid a condolence visit to former First Lady and wife of the late former President Umaru Yar’Adua, Hajia Turai Yar’Adua, over the demise of her mother-in-law, Dada Yar’Adua.

First Lady Tinubu, who was at the Abuja residence of the former President in company of the wife of the Vice President, Nana Shettima, wife of the Speaker, House of Representatives; wife of the Deputy Senate President and others, described the late matriarch of the Yar’Adua family as a “successful and fulfilled”, noting the quality of children she had raised in her lifetime.

“A truly successful and fulfilled woman is not in the position she holds or wealth but how well she managed the family, trained the children and left a legacy for the generations yet unborn. All of these Dada was able to accomplish. She saw her grandchildren, great grandchildren. That is truly great,” she said.

In a statement signed by her Senior Special Assistant on Media, Busola Kukoyi, Tinubu urged Turai Yar’Adua to emulate the strength of the late Hajia Dada as she will have to step into her shoes and carry on the legacies of the family.

She thanked the former First Lady for always being a pillar of support to both her and the wife of the Vice President, and for her motherly advice.

“Despite our different political affiliations, we are one family. You have always been there to support me; your advice has always been invaluable,” the statement read.

Speaking earlier, former First Lady Hajia Yar’Adua, described her late mother-in-law as a friend and a sister, who encouraged her in trying times.

She thanked the First Lady Tinubu and others on her entourage for the visit, which she noted as a great encouragement to the family.

The wife of the Vice President, Hajia Nana Shettima, prayed for the repose of the soul of the departed, the family left behind and the nation as a whole.

Hajia Dada Yar’Adua died on Monday, September 2nd 2024, at the age of 102. She was the mother of the late former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, late General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua and Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar’Adua.