MAKINDE PLEDGES STATE BURIAL FOR EX-GOVERNOR OLUNLOYO, NOMINATES 3 OFFICIALS

Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has disclosed that officials of the state government and the immediate family of the late Dr Victor Omololu Olunloyo would work out modalities to give the elder statesman a befitting state burial.

The governor stated this  during a condolence visit to the family of the late former governor of the state at his Molete residence.

He said that the state government had nominated three officials to liaise with the family on the date and other parts of the planning, as Olunloyo would be given a state burial.

He said: “We have to align between the family and the government, because this is going to be a state burial.

“We have nominated three state officials that will sit down with the family and get a date and start the planning.”

He also expressed joy that he (Makinde) had the privilege of benefiting from Dr Olunloyo’s wealth of knowledge, stressing that the state government would give him the honour he deserved and uphold his legacies.