President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced the composition of a five-member delegation that will represent Nigeria at the funeral of Pope Francis, which is set to take place this Saturday in Vatican City.
According to a statement released on Friday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the delegation will be headed by Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
Joining Akpabio are the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu; the President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji; Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Sokoto Diocese; and Archbishop Ignatius Ayua Kaigama of the Abuja Diocese.