The Governor of Rivers State Siminalayi Fubara, has promised that the state government will support Wigwe University in a bid to immortalize the late banker, Herbert Wigwe.
Governor Fubara said the state government would support the university to keep Wigwe’s dreams alive.
“I want to say our brother has finished his work, though shortly. We, as a government, will do everything with the Wigwe Foundation to immortalize one thing.
“It is not the bank, the bank might have a new identity, a new boss to run it, other ventures will also have their names; but one thing that has his name is Wigwe University.
“We will do everything within our power to make sure the dream will continue to live just as he planned it,” Fubara said.
Fubara said Wigwe’s death has prompted him to question his fellow political class on why they are struggling for power rather than making impacts on the lives of the people.
“This one has to do with the political class, what is all these struggles all about? You want to kill, you want to bury, what is it all about?
“This is a man who was not a politician, he made his money through our investments, he had the world in his palm financially, he controlled even the political classes; but today, with all the power financially (he) couldn’t control life. Is it not enough to ask ourselves why are we struggling? Why are we not making an impact on the lives of our people?”
Dignitaries present at the funeral service include governors and former governors, federal lawmakers, and captains of industries, among others.
Some of them include Kayode Fayemi, Peter Obi, Rotimi Amaechi, Bukola Saraki, Aliko Dangote, Sanusi Lamido, Alex Otti, Dapo Abiodun, and Babajide Sawno-Olu, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, James Ibori, CEO of GTCO Holdings, and Segun Agbaje, among other dignitaries..
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