Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Bassey Eno, has mourned the death of the first Managing Director of Shell Nigeria who retired as Change Manager for Globalization for Africa, Shell E and P international.
Late Engr. Samuel Inyang who died at the age of 74, has many successful tract records in his illustrious career as an oil and Gas technocrat among others.
The deceased until his death was the Chief Executive Officer of Seyang Limited, a leading indigenous construction firm in Akwa Ibom State.
Commiserating with the family of Late Engr. Samuel Inyang, Governor Eno, Thursday conveyed his condolences, at a funeral service in honour of the deceased held at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Parish, Ikot Ekpene, NorthWest Senatorial District, South South Nigeria.
“On behalf of the Government and people of Akwa Ibom State, I stand here to join your family, friends and Associates of your late father, Engr. Samuel Inyang, to express our deep and profound condolences on this sad and painful demise,” he said.
“He was a man who recorded many successes in his illustrious career as an oil and Gas technocrat, among which was the first Managing Director of Shell Nigeria and retired as Change Manager for Globalization for Africa, Shell E and P international.”
“As we bid him farewell today, all I can say is, Engr. Samuel Inyang, thank you for loving your state. Thank you for being a unifier, thank you for the lives you touched and thank you for being principled and dogged in your convictions. Thank you for your kindness,” he continued.
“Thank you for your humour you shared even in a very difficult situations. May your kind and gentle soul rest in the bossom of our lord Jesus Christ”, he prayed.
While regretting the loss and pain that his demise may cause to the immediate family Eno used the occasion to encouraged them to be consoled by the amiable imprints his illustrious life had left behind, assuring that Engr. Samuel Inyang’s legacies will be followed to later.
In his homily on the theme, “Come You Whom The Father Has Blessed”, taken from the book of Matthew 25:31-46, Rev. Father Ndifreke Umoh, admonished the people to continue in doing the work of love in the name of the God and be rest assured that he will call them to himself to reap their good rewards at the end of all things.
The first son of the deceased, Mr. Itorobong Inyang, expressed appreciation of the family to the Governor, former governors, government functionaries and people of Akwa Ibom State for their support.
Truth Live News Correspondent gathered that Mr. Inyang on behalf of the family, thanked the Ikot Ekpene Diocese and other dioceses of the Catholic Church, Shell Petroleum Company, Niger Delta Development Corporation, Nigeria Society of Engineers and others for standing by the family through the period of grief.