Delta to participate in funeral arrangements for late Kokori – Oborevwori

Delta State governor, Rt. Hon Sheriff Oborevwori said the state government will join the family of late former Secretary General of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Frank Kokori, to ensure a befitting burial ceremony for the departed elder statesman.

Governor Sheriff Oborevwori gave the assurance, on Wednesday, when a delegation of the Kokori family of Ovu, in Agbon Kingdom, Ethiope East Local Council of the state, paid him a thank you visit for the enviable roles he played when the the late NUPENG leader was receiving medical attention at Mount Horeb Hospital in Warri.

He said Kokori’s name shall be written in gold and remembered for a very long time, because of his dogged and genuine contributions to the growth and development of constitutional democracy in Nigeria, and for his advocacy for better working conditions for petroleum and natural gas workers, and by extension, Nigeria workers.

Governor Oborevwori noted that Kokori was a great unionist, national hero and a prominent Deltan, who genuinely served humanity with great zeal and uncommon passion.

He urged the children of the departed elder statesman to sustain the good name of their late father who was widely known for his forthrightness, describing him as a reliable, dependable, God fearing and patriotic leader.