Dakum Commiserates the APC's Nationals Chairman Prof Yilwatda over Mother's Demise

The Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN), Professor Patrick Sunday Dakum, has commiserated with the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, and his family over the death of their mother, Nana Lydia Yilwatda, who passed away on August 17, 2025, at the Jos University Teaching Hospital.

In a press statement signed by his Media Consultant to Shabul Mazadu,

The Professor, expressed his deep and heartfelt sympathy and empathy to the Yilwatdas, saying "they should take solace in the Almighty God at this period of bereavement, and be consoled that Nana is resting with the Lord having paid her dues in his service and to humanity".

According to the statement, "To lose loved ones, especially mothers who groomed them through thick and thin, is excessively and excruciatingly painful. However, death is inevitable and is an act of God who gives and takes lives at periods he deems fit; hence, at such times, we should take heart and trust in his promises which say he will never leave or forsake us in times of grief and sorrow".

The Professor called on the Yilwatdas to be strong and of good courage, knowing that the Almighty God will not leave or forsake them, and to see the death of Mama as an act of God. He also took comfort in Mama's legacies which reflected in their successes in life.

Dakum eulogized Mama Lydia, describing her as someone who spent the greatest part of her life devoted to the service of God, fully supporting her husband, a Reverend with the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN).

He further stated that, she was an epitome of real motherhood who nurtured and raised her children in the fear of God and service to humanity. He prayed for the repose of her soul in the bosom of the Lord Jesus Christ and asked God to grant Nentawe and the entire family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.

Full statement Reads;

PRESS STATEMENT 

PROF. PATRICK DAKUM COMMISERATES WITH APC NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, PROF. NENTAWE YILWADA AND FAMILY OVER DEMISE OF THEIR MOTHER, NANA LYDIA YILWADA

Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Human Virology Nigeria, IHVN, Professor Patrick Sunday Dakum, has commiserated with the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Professor Nentawe Yilwada, and the entire family over the death of their mother, Nana Lydia Yilwada which took place in the morning of today at the Jos University Teaching Hospital over an ailment. 

Dakum expressed his deep and heartfelt sympathy and empathy to the Yilwadas, saying they should take solace in the Almighty God at this period of bereavement, and be consoled that Nana is resting with the Lord having paid her dues in his service and to humanity. 

Dakum added that to lose love ones especially mothers who groomed them through thick and thin is excessively and excruciatingly painful however, death is inevitable and is an act of God who gives and takes lives at periods he deems fit; hence, at such times, we should take heart and trust in his promises which say he will never leave or forsake us in times of grief and sorrow. Dakum thereby called on the Yilwadas to be strong and of good courage, knowing that the Almighty God will not leave or forsake them, and to see the death of Mama as an act of God. 

The former Commissioner of Information and Health, exhorted Nentawe and other members of the family to also take comfort in Mama's legacies which reflected in their successes in life.

Dakum further eulogized Mama Lydia saying she spent the greatest part of her life devoted to the service of God in which she fully supported her husband who was a Reverend with the Church of Christ in Nations, COCIN that served in various states of the North such as Borno, Yobe, Bauchi and Plateau; and that she was an epitome of real motherhood who nurtured and raised her children in the fear of God and service to humanity, which has paid off in her son, Nentawe who hugely impacted positively on lives of many citizens and the country ranging from the University classrooms, Independent National Electoral Commission, Minister of the Federal Republic to the National Chairman of the APC. 

He added that Mama was peaceful, benevolent and active in church activities; and prayed for the repose of her soul in the bossom of the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Dakum also prayed God to grant Nentawe and the entire family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss. 

Signed:

Shabul Mazadu 

Media Consultant to Professor Patrick Dakum 

17th August, 2025