Taraba state Governor, Arc. Darius Dickson Ishaku, has described late Sylvanus Yakubu Giwa as a hard working person who was committed to discharging responsibility assigned to with utmost diligence.
Governor Darius Ishaku said this at CRC-N No1Takum, during the funeral service of the deceased, saying that his dead was a great shock to him, particularly, when there wasn’t any visible signs of him being sick.
He told the congregation that on Thursday the 22nd of June, he gave him an assignment and shortly after he called to inform him that he has completed the task, stressing that he didn’t know that it was going to be their last interaction as partners working for the state.
He described late Sylvanus Giwa as a humble personality with great acumen and apt to duties assigned to him, adding that he was indeed a good and great man as well as a fulfilled and accomplished Journalist.
The Governor used the opportunity to appeal to the mother and his siblings to accept his demise in good faith, reminding them that the ways of man are not the ways of God as no mortal has the right to question his deeds.
He prayed for the repose of his soul and God’s comfort to the family and the government and people of Taraba state.
In his sermon, Rev. Joseph Kukwa admonished the congregation to desist from what he termed their evil and wicked ways, stating that the thought of man should be how to make heaven and not earthly possessions.
Rev. Joseph Kukwa maintained that most people busied themselves with the things of the world and relegating God to the background, not knowing that he is the author and finisher of everyone’s life.
Accordingly, the preacher said things have changed, explaining that in the past children bury their parents and not parents burning their children and challenged the congregation to always indulge in activities that would attract spiritual blessings and God’s mercies at all times.
The cleric who took his scriptural text from the book of Luke chapter 12:16-21, drew attention a biblical story where the rich got saturated with his wealth and forgot God that gave him the strength and riches, but God who owns the life said you fool, your life is needed this very hour.
He called on Christians to be conscious of this parable that was taught by Jesus Christ and stressed that, being obedient to the will of God should be uppermost in our lives as believers.
He lamented that most times people mourn during deaths and burials, but immediately after that, the wife and children are left to suffer, absolutely abandoned by the immediate families and friends, stressing that the love for the family of a deceased should transcend mourning and burial moments but should last forever.
The preacher encouraged the congregation to cultivate the attitude of giving assistance to the less privileged in the society to attract heavenly blessings.
Borned in November 1963, late Sylvanus Yakubu Giwa holds a master’s degree in International Relations and strategic studies from Benue state University and a Bachelor’s degree in English and literature from University of Maiduguri.
He was a seasoned broadcaster who started his broadcasting career in the then defunct Gongola state in 1987.
He equally worked as a teacher, a banker, senior correspondent to Channels and AIT Televisions and was the longest serving General Manager of Taraba Television Corporation, the first Senior Special Assistant who served three Governors and was popularly referred to as “Taraba’s Golden voice.”
Late Sylvanus Yakubu Giwa left behind his wife, three children, aged mother, and two brothers and a sister.
It would be recalled that late Sylvanus Giwa slumped in his office and finally submitted to the will of God at the Federal Medical Center Jalingo on Friday the 23rd of June this year.
He has since been buried according to Christian injunctions at his compound in Takum, Takum local government area.
have unanimously agreed that the Taraba state Anti Open Grazing and Ranching Development Bill will reduce the spread of diseases in animals, increase the production of meat and milk, reduce conflicts between farmers and herdsmen and curb the straying of animals into farms, among others.
