Minister of Youth and Sports Development Mr. Sunday Dare has  expressed his  condolences to the  President of the  Nigerian  Olympics Committee, NOC,   Engineer  Habu Gumel over the death of his wife Hajia Ladi Habu Gumel.

In a condolence  message, Mr. Dare said 

“The news of the death of your wife came to me  as a rude  shock. It is so painful and sad to lose a loved one. May Allah  console you and the family  she left behind. My thoughts  are with the family. God gives and he takes when he wills. May her soul rest in eternity”. 

Mrs. Gumel died on Tuesday  October  20th in a private hospital in Abuja at the age of 61 following  a potracted illness. She has since been buried according to Islamic injunction.