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The Senate President, David Mark, has urged the federal government to immortalize the 11 ​women leaders in Bayelsa State, ​who died in an auto crash in Bayelsa on Saturday.
​The women were members of the ​Bayelsa branch leaders of Women For Change, an organisation sponsored by ​the ​First Lady​,​ Patience Jonathan,
In a statement signed by ​his​ Chief Press Secretary to the state, Paul Mumeh, Mr. Mark said the women died serving the country and should be honoured to that effect.
The statement read, “The Senate President urged the government of Bayelsa state to immortalize the deceased for their unquantifiable contributions to the development of the state.
“Mr Mark in the condolence message, lamented that the women died in their prime at a time when their productive hands were needed to solve the socio-economic and political problems facing the nation. Mr Mark said the women died in their active services to the nation and should be accorded such honour. He said the women paid the supreme prize and should be remembered as heroines of Bayelsa.”
Mr Mark also sympathized with President Goodluck Jonathan, the victims’ families, the government and people of Bayelsa state over the death of prominent women. He urged them to accept the incident in good fate.
The women died in a ghastly car crash on Ahoada axis of East-West road in Rivers State.
According to the Bayelsa Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Vincent Jack, nine persons were burnt to death, two died without burns, while many others who sustained injuries were rushed to Madonna clinic in the area.
Mr. Jack said the tyres of a Toyota Sienna ran into the bus that conveyed the women, causing the cars to burst into flames.
Some of the victims were listed by a former councilor in Ogbia Local Government Area, Gbaregolo Eseimokumo were Consider Amadi, a former women leader in Ogbia, Clara Abila, a grassroots politician, Immaculate Amasimua, former Commissioner at the Civil Service Commission in Bayelsa; and Elisabeth Oguru, wife of the Secretary to the State Government, Zimbra Goma, former Commissioner for Women Affairs, Ruby Benjamin, former House of Assembly member representing Brass Constituency 1 in Bayelsa.
A security official said all the women in the bus, but one, died and the survivor is receiving medical attention.
They were said to be in Rivers state for a solidarity visit to Patience Jonathan.

Source: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/176982-mark-wants-bayelsa-auto-crash-victims-immortalized.html

Na to rush go accident scenes this our road safety people sabi do....

RIP to the dead.

Tell GEJ to put their pictures on the N5,000 naira note.

And what happens to the youths that lost their lives under a sham immigration recruitment exercise put together by your protege, Aba Moro

What about the soldiers that have given up their lives to ensure we live in peace??

I bet this is coming from the senator because Mama Peace is connected with the incident.

Mark failed me on this one big time.

Nonsense...since dia pdp. and dia wia comin from mama peace place....u people shud change wadata plaza to dia name

What reason will they be immortalized?
How many of our dead soldiers have been immortalized?
The slain Corp members of 2011 were they immortalized?
.
Where those ones deaths not important? Why do politicians do these things?

Dem never immortalise Late. Dr. Stella Adadevoh of the Ebola battle fame finish, na PDP women dem go immortalise? Mcheewww.. RIP to the dead sha.

Only first consultancy late workers worths immortality

Na waa oo... This trash coming from a Senate President..

Immortalize wetin, abeg tell mark to swerve joor.
RIP to them, but nothing like immortalizing them.
How many soldiers and innocent victims do we lost everyday to BH? nobody is talking about immortalizing them o.

Name the PDP secretariate in Bayelsa State after them.

WHY ?

Hmmmmm, they should immortalize all those who have lost their lives also. RIP to them sha