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Thursday, August 21, 2025

FG offers condolences to APC chair Yilwatda over mother’s demise

Ms Yilwatda, 83, died on Sunday at the Jos University Teaching Hospital.

• August 21, 2025
Nentawe Yilwatda
Nentawe Yilwatda [Credit; PUNCH Newspaper]

Foreign affairs minister Yusuf Tuggar has condoled with the APC national chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda, over the death of his mother, Mama Lydia Yilwatda.

Ms Yilwatda, 83, died on Sunday at the Jos University Teaching Hospital.

In a statement on Thursday, Mr Tuggar described her as a woman of faith and service, praying for her peaceful repose and for strength for the family.

He urged the Yilwatda family to take solace in the values and legacy their matriarch left behind.

(NAN)

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