BY Our Reporter

The leadership of the Northern Christian Religious Leaders Assembly (NOCRELA) has announced the glorious home-call of a matriarch, mother of faith and jewel of the Church, Mama Salamatu Elisha Bogoro, who passed away at the ripe age of 105.

In an obituary announcement signed by its National Secretary, Rev. Dr. Simon A. S. Dolly, KIF, NOCRELA said Mama’s life was well spent in the service of God and humanity.

Mama Salamatu Elisha Bogoro is the mother of Prof. Suleiman Elias Bogoro, former Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) and Grand Patron of NOCRELA.

According to the statement, Mama, a woman of uncommon faith, gave her life to Christ early and distinguished herself in the service of God through the Women Fellowship of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), serving meritoriously for several years in Plateau, Bauchi States and beyond.

She was a devoted mother of eight children, five of whom survive her. A passionate advocate of education, she and her late husband raised all surviving children to become university graduates with higher degrees, among them Prof. Suleiman Elias Bogoro, widely celebrated as the Apostle of Research and Development in Nigeria.

The Assembly described Mama as a woman who lived an exemplary life of longevity, love, humility, sacrifice and mentorship, noting that she outlived all her contemporaries and remained a pillar of strength to her family and communities until her glorious exit.

NOCRELA added that she will be greatly missed by the Church, the Zaar nation, Bauchi State and the entire Christian community in Northern Nigeria.

Burial arrangements, according to the statement, will be announced by the family in due course.

The statement concluded: “Adieu, Mama Salamatu Elisha Bogoro! Adieu, Uwar Zummunta!!”