Late Senator Mpigi Served With Dignity, Devotion — Akpabio

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has said the late senator who represented Rivers South-East Senatorial District served his people and the country with honour, dignity and unwavering devotion to duty.

Akpabio spoke in his tribute at a funeral service held in honour of the late lawmaker at an Anglican Church in Koroma Tai, Rivers State yesterday.

He said,  “Senator Barinada Mpigi served his people and his country with honour, with dignity, and with unwavering devotion to duty. In the hallowed chamber of the Senate, where the affairs of the nation are debated and determined, his voice was steady, his judgment thoughtful, and his commitment to the welfare of his constituents unmistakable.

“He served with dignity and conviction, mindful that the lives, hopes, and welfare of many were bound up in how faithfully he served.

“He served with loyalty to his people, with fidelity to his conscience, and with faith in the promise of our nation. Though we grieve his loss, we remember him as a man who served with honour, who laboured with conviction, and who believed in the future of Nigeria. Nigeria misses him. The Senate mourns him.

His people remember him. His service remains etched in the tablets of time and in our national archives,” Akpabio said.

Until his demise, Senator Mpigi, who represented Rivers South-East in the Senate, was the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Works and was widely regarded as one of the most influential, outspoken, and dedicated senators in Nigeria’s 10th Senate.