Izoma Phillip Chukwuedo Asiodu, CFR, CON!  What a name!  What a man! It is always a name that fills one with awe, admiration, and sheer respect. Here is one of General Gowon’s ‘Super’ Permanent Secretaries. He was among the first-generation post-independence Nigerian bureaucrats who laid the foundation for the administrative structure of modern Nigeria. He is an encyclopedia of contemporary …

Eighty-four-year old Ogbueshi Godfrey Chukwuemeka Asiodu is to be buried in Asaba, the Delta State capital. today (Friday). He was the younger brother of respected diplomat and bureaucrat, Chief Philip Asiodu, the Izoma Ahaba. His funeral rites begins with a Requiem Mass by 10 am at St Joseph Pro Cathedral, Asaba; while interment and entertainment follow immediately at his residence, …