FERDINAND AGU, EX-DG, NMA, DIES, OHANAEZE MOURNS

FERDINAND AGU, EX-DG, NMA, DIES, OHANAEZE MOURNS

Ferdinand Agu, Architect, and former Director General, Nigerian Maritime Authority (NMA), has died.

Ferdinand Agu passed on Friday morning, after attending a marriage ceremony in Abuja the previous day, where he was until 9pm.

Mourning the passage of the prodigious Igbo socialite and administrator, the apex Igbo sociocultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndígbo, expressed shock over the “sad news of the passing of yet another Igbo prodigy.”

In a statement signed by Dr. Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, National Publicity Secretary of the group, Ohanaeze described late Agu as “an exceptional moral edifice, public spirited, an outstanding man among men, a vivacious exemplar, orator and mobile encyclopedia.”

According to him, “Ferdy, as he was fondly called by his peers, was a thorough-bred Igbo with immense patriotic zeal for a restructured Nigeria.

He explained that Ferdy worked closely with Professor Charles Soludo, to produce the Ohanaeze document for Restructuring of the Nigerian Federation, which was presented to the public on Monday, May 21, 2018.

“The likes of Architect Ferdinand Agu are very scarce to find; his amazing public relations, character comeliness, marital exemplariness, oratorical skill, political sagacity, dispositional humility, veritable source of inspiration, community leadership, audacious entrepreneurial acumen, role model and an unblemished public administrator”, he said.The Ohanaeze spokesman said that the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, could not withhold his sorrow on hearing the sad news of the demise of yet another patriotic Igbo son.