{"id":57042,"date":"2021-07-11T15:10:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T14:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=57042"},"modified":"2021-07-11T15:10:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T14:10:29","slug":"breaking-former-kaduna-dep-gov-barnabas-bantex-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/07\/11\/breaking-former-kaduna-dep-gov-barnabas-bantex-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Former Kaduna Dep Gov, Barnabas Bantex is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Arch Barnabas Bantex is dead.<\/p>\n<p>He was Deputy to the current Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai during his first term in office.<\/p>\n<p>El-Rufai confirmed the death of his former deputy in a statement titled \u201cIt\u2019s a VERY SAD DAY.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Bantex, I have lost a dear friend and partner in the service of Kaduna State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the midst of trying times, I have received with utter sadness news of the departure of my friend and brother, His Excellency Barnabas Yusuf Bala (Bantex).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom our days as undergraduates in the 1970s to our practice as professional colleagues in the construction industry and eventually partners in a governance project, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.republicanng.com\/breaking-former-kaduna-deputy-gov-barnabas-bantex-is-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bantex<\/a> was consistently a dependable man of brilliance and imagination. He believed in the potential of our state and in the capacity of our people to work together for progressive attainments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether, we took on the task of providing new leadership for Kaduna State in 2015. He brought to his duties as Deputy Governor during our first term his unique insights as a politician with experience in navigating the diversity of our state. Bantex radiated hope and optimism in the future of our state, even when the circumstances were dreary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBantex had served the people of Kaduna State in several capacities prior to becoming Deputy Governor. As a delegate to the 1994 Constitutional Conference, chairman of Kaura Local Government Council and member for Kaura Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, he was a sterling symbol of representative democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would miss his brilliance and his commitment to Kaduna State, his easygoing manners, his sense of humour and steadfastness to his convictions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have spoken to his family and conveyed our condolence on behalf of the government and people of Kaduna State. We shall work closely with his family to grant a befitting farewell to a man who gave so much to this even when hobbled by ill-health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been blessed to know Bantex and to work with him. We pray God to grant him peaceful repose and to comfort his wife, children and the entire family in this moment of grief and loss,\u201d the Governor wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Arch Barnabas Bantex is dead. He was Deputy to the current Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai during his first term in office. 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