Pa Jamabo Memorial Lecture Holds Saturday

Ogoloma town in the Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State goes agog on Saturday in celebration of the 25th year memorial of renowned Patriach, Pa Wilson Jamabo.

A statement issued in Port Harcourt by Mr Soye Wilson Jamabo, Editor of The Tide on behalf of the family said a memorial service and education endowment fund launch holds at the Ogoloma Civic Centre Main Hall on Saturday by 1 p.m.

The statement said that the lecture will be delivered by Pastor Fred Jamabo.

Distinguished Nigerians such as the Chairman Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, Senator George Sekibo, Member, House Committee on Budget, Hon. John Kalipa, Chairman, Rivers State  House Committee on Culture and Tourism, Hon. Mrs. Linda Somiari Stewart and the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Hon. Ogbonna Nwuke will be in attendance.

Also to attend the event are, general managers of all state and private media organisations, as well as national and state leadership of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), top politicians and captains of industry.

Mr Jamabo said the programme will take off with memorial thanksgiving service at St James Anglican Church, Ogoloma and climax with a reception at the Jamabo’s family compound Ogoloma.

Meanwhile, the state Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr Opaka Dokubo has advised journalists, friends and well wishers to attend the programme enmass.