Sam Okwaraji’s mother is dead

The mother of the later Nigerian football legend Sam Okwaraji,, Janet, a retired school teacher and proprietress has died at age 83, as confirmed on Monday by his eldest son, Patrick.

Penpushing reports that Patrick also disclosed that  letters about the demise of the woman have been sent to the Minister of Youth and Sports as well as the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) the to inform them on the development.

The bereaved son said, no date has been fixed for the burial, explaining that, this was as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, adding that, the family would meet first and discuss when and how the burial of their mother would take place

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), it is recalled, recently approved the payment of a stipend for Okwaraji’s mother and also for late Rashidi Yekini’s mother, and aside from the pilot beneficiaries, the football federation also promised they would be doing a broad-based review so that more surviving mothers of ex-internationals that died in active service for the country would be supported financially.

Penpushing further reports that, before the gesture, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, visited the late Janet Okwaraji with some gift items.