Nasarawa Senator Godiya Akwashiki dies in Indian hospital

Godiya Akwashiki, the senator representing Nasarawa North senatorial district of Nasarawa State is lifeless.

Akwashiki died on the age of 52 after a protracted sickness in an Indian hospital on Wednesday, December 31.

Whereas his household is but to make an official announcement about his loss of life, shut sources stated the lawmaker has been sick for a very long time.

In response to the sources, the sickness saved the senator away from the general public as he was incapacitated lengthy earlier than his passing.

Additionally describing the lawmaker’s loss of life as a impolite shock, the supply stated Akwashiki throughout his time on earth touched a number of lives.

A giant blow to the Eggon nation of Nasarawa, the supply famous that Akwashiki left behind an unforgettable footprint of progress and growth.

Earlier than his demise, the lawmaker served because the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Affairs and Vice Chairman of the Media and Public Affairs Committee,

Born in August 1973, the lawmaker received his election into the Nasarawa State Home of Meeting in 2011 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Occasion (PDP).

He later turned the Majority Chief of the Home and upon his re-election, he emerged because the deputy speaker of the Home in 2015.

After his time on the Home, he contested for the Nasarawa North senatorial seat in 2019 and received below the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Within the construct up of the 2023 basic election, the late lawmaker defected to the Social Democratic Occasion (SDP) after he was denied the APC ticket for reelection.

Married and blessed with youngsters, Akwashiki returned to the Nigerian Senate following his victory on the polls.