First Female Senator In Nigeria Dies

<h4>First Female Senator In Nigeria Dies<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>OpenLife Nigeria reports that the first female senator in Nigeria&comma; Franca Afegbua is dead&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She died at the age of 79&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;19967" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-19967" style&equals;"width&colon; 210px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-19967" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;03&sol;images-21&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"First female senator in Nigeria " width&equals;"210" height&equals;"240" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-19967" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Late Franca Afegbua<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The family announced her passing in a statement issued on Sunday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Afegbua was a native of Okpella&comma; a town in Etsako-east LGA of old Bendel state &lpar;now split into Edo and Delta states&rpar;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Afegbua family of Edo state has confirmed the demise of the first woman senator in Nigeria&comma; Senator Franca Afegbua&comma; whose sad event occurred this morning&comma; Sunday&comma; March 12&comma; 2023&period; She combined beauty and brain during her service to Nigeria&period; Funeral details will be announced by the family soon&comma;” the family said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She was elected the senator representing Bendel-north in October 1983 under the National Party of Nigeria &lpar;NPN&rpar; in Nigeria’s second republic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Her political journey was&comma; however&comma; cut short as the military coup of December 1983 toppled the civilian government less than three months after she assumed office&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kassim Afegbua&comma; speaking to OpenLife Sunday afternoon  further confirmed the death of the notable politician&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Yes&comma; Mama is dead&period; We thank God for everything because she lived well&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;We will keep the public posted about the burial&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the former Edo State Information Commissioner said<br &sol;>&NewLine;Born in Okpella&comma; Estasko East local government area of Edo State&comma; the late beautician and politician represented Bendel North in the Nigerian Senate in 1983&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She was elected as a National Party of Nigeria&comma; NPN  Senator&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She had her tertiary education in Sofia&comma; Bulgaria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;