Name Au Secretariat After Mandela -akume

Senator George Akume yesterday added his voice to the glowing tributes paid to the deceased former South African president, Dr. Nelson Mandela.

In a statement, the Senate Minority Leader said the AU secretariat in Addis Ababa, should be named after him, adding: “The news that Africa’s foremost statesman, social revolutionist and the father of modern South Africa, Nelson Mandela, is dead is indeed devastating, as it is a great loss not only to South Africans but to all mankind.

“I therefore send my deepest condolences to all lovers of freedom across the world.

“Madiba, as he was fondly called, was to many a symbol of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. He is most remembered by the extent to which he suffered to emancipate his people.

“However, my fondest memories of him are that he possessed and displayed some of the rarest qualities, and these were his ability to forgive, reconcile and preach peaceful coexistence even towards those...