The FG extolled her role in championing women’s participation in the nation’s political development.
In a condolence letter addressed to the Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, by the Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline K. Tallen, the Federal Government, said the late Afegbua represented the aspirations and triumph of Nigerian women’s recognition in National Development.
The letter reads, “I present to you warm compliments and also on behalf of Nigerian Women commiserate with Your Excellency and the good people of Edo State on the demise of an illustrious daughter of Edo State and the first female democratically elected Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; late Senator Franca Hadiza Afegbua.
“Her death at this time is an irreparable and irreplaceable loss not only to the good people of Edo state but to the greater Nigeria society; especially Nigerian women”, she said.
