Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has expressed sorrow over the passing of Chief Mrs. Kemi Nelson, a former South West Women’s Leader for the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Mrs. Nelson was one of the pillars of the APC in Lagos and throughout Nigeria, according to Gbajabiamila, who called her passing a huge loss.
Mrs Nelson, 66, died on Sunday. She was a former executive director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF).
She served as a member of the Lagos State Governor’s Advisory Council and was a former commissioner in Lagos State (GAC).
Speaker Gbajabiamila said APC has lost a jewel of progressive politics, one of its finest and most committed members, who promoted the interest of women in politics till her last breath.
He sent heartfelt condolences to her family, Nigerian women politics, the Lagos State Government, and the entire APC family.
He prayed to God to repose her soul and give her family the fortitude to bear the loss.