By Nurudeen Lawal
•One of Nigeria’s elder statesmen and former minister, Wantaregh Paul Unongo, has died at the age of 87
•Unongo, who was reportedly the chairman of the Northern Elders Forum died on Tuesday afternoon, November 29, at a hospital in Jos, Plateau state
•The former minister’s death is expected to be announced by the Tiv Traditional Council, according to a family source
Jos, Plateau state – Wantaregh Paul Unongo, an elder statesman and Minister of Steel in the Second Republic, has reportedly died at the age of 87.
Daily Trust cited a family source as confirming that the former minister died on Tuesday afternoon, November 29, at a hospital in Jos, Plateau state, where he had been receiving treatment.
The family source said the ex-minister, who was Chairman of Northern Elders Forum, had recently been in and out of hospital over his ill health.
Wantaregh Paul Unongo’s death: Tiv Traditional Council to make official announcement
The source stated further that the former minister’s death is expected to be announced by the Tiv Traditional Council.
The late Unongo was born on September 26, 1935, and belonged to the Kwaghngise-Anure-Abera ancestry in Turan of Kwande local government area in Benue.
Nigeria’s first surveyor-general Daniel Omoigui is dead
In a similar development, Nigeria’s first surveyor-general of the federation, Daniel Omoigui, was reported dead on Friday, November 25.
