Late Prof. Isidore Okpewho |
Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi
Okowa, has expressed sadness over the death of Nigeria’s Literary Icon, Prof.
Isidore Okpewho describing his passage as a monumental loss to the country and
the literary world.
The Governor in a tribute and
condolence message signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Charles Ehiedu
Aniagwu, extolled the immense contributions of the late writer to the growth
and development of literature in Nigeria, Africa and beyond.
He said that his literary works
promoted Delta State, Nigeria and Africa, hence he will be celebrated by all
lovers of literature all over the world.
Governor Okowa described Okpewho,
winner of the 1976 African Arts Prize for Literature, 1993 Commonwealth Writers'
Prize for Best Book in Africa, and a 2010 winner of the Nigerian National Order
of Merit (NNOM) in the Humanities as a consummate patriot, a great literary
icon, a teacher par excellence.
Okowa said: "On behalf of the
government and people of Delta State, I commiserate with the Isidore Okpewho
family and the entire literary world over the demise of the late cerebral
writer of "The Last Duty" fame.
"We have lost a great man whose
contributions to the literary world can best be described as legendary.
"He will be sorely missed by all
and sundry whose lives he affected in many ways with his literary arsenal. I
therefore urge all who mourn the demise of the late Prof. Isidore Okpewho to
take solace in the fact that he remains alive through his literary works."
He prayed God to grant his immediate
family the strength to bear the irreparable loss, pointing out that his
achievements in different areas of national life will always be remembered.
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