Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, OFR (middle) commissioning the Late Paeke Dongban Memorial Hall, while Governor of Plateau State, Barr Caleb Mutfwang; Former Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong; Former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike; Governor of Oyo State, Oluwaseyi Abiodun Makinde; President, Nigerian Bar Association, Yakubu Maikyau and other dignitaries look on in Plateau State.

Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has lauded the life style and ethical behaviour of Late Prince Paeke Dongban, an employee of the agency until his death on July 23, 2022

While commissioning a multi-purpose hall built in honour of Late Paeke in Ngootlong, Plateau State, Jamoh described the deceased as a morally upright young man who was ethically conscious and a good example in the midst of his peers.

From the workplace perspective, Jamoh said the deceased was known for punctuality, commitment to work and sincerity to the cause of nation building.

He said: “An emotional void created in the hearts of the NIMASA family members by the demise of Prince is filled by the noble deeds he was noted for and the many positive ways he touched lives at work and at play.

“Prince was an ambassador of the modern Nigerian youth.”

The NIMASA Director General while commending the parents of the deceased for 

making efforts to immortalise their late son with the building of a multipurpose hall in his honour, reassured that the agency and all friends of Paeke, will always stand by them.

Paeke’s mother, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem is a serving President of the Federal Court of Appeal.

Other dignitaries present at the event who spoke glowingly about the deceased and strengthened the family were the governors Caleb Muftwang of Plateau; Seyi Makinde of Oyo State; Hyacinth Alia of Benue; Abdullahi Sule of Nassarawa and former Governors Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and Jonah Jang of Plateau

Also present was the President of  Nigeria Bar Association, Yakubu Maikyau, traditional rulers and other dignitaries.

Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, OFR (left); Former Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong (3rd left); Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha (5th left); President of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria, Monica Dongban-Mensem (5th right) and others in a group photograph during the commissioning of the Late Paeke Dongban Memorial Hall.

The high point of the gathering was Jamoh’s formal commissioning of the multipurpose hall in honour of the deceased .

Paeke who was born on 29th January 1984  died on 23rd July 2022.

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