The Nigeria Union of Journalists Correspondent Chapel in Katsina State has announced the passing away of Lawal Sa’idu Funtua who was a two-term Chairman of the Chappel in Katsina State.
Lawal Sa’idu Funtua past away in Katsina within the early hours of Thursday after a protracted illness.
He died at the age of 58, and is survived by two wives, nine children and grandchildren.
Untill his death, late Lawal Sa’idu Funtua had worked with the Katsina State Radio Service, Today Newspapers, Leadership and Peoples Daily Newspapers, as well as, DITV Broadcast, among others.
He was the proprietor of the online media outfit Blue Ink.
A statement signed by the Chairman of the Katsina NUJ Correspondents Chapel Yusuf Ibrahim Jargaba, indicated that the remains of the late Veteran Journalists would be buried in his county home of Funtua in the Katsina Southern Senatorial District.
