Ismaila Isa Funtua, a close ally to President Muhammadu Buhari, has been laid to rest in Abuja on Tuesday.
Okay.ng had reported that Isa Funtua died of cardiac arrest on Monday night.
He was buried at Gudu cemetery around 1:47pm according to Islamic rites.
The Isa Funtua’s burial was attended by prominent Nigerians including Alhaji Mamman Daura.
Ismaila Isa is a renowned Business Executive and public officer with over thirty years of management experience.
He was Personnel Manager in United Textiles Limited (UNTL), responsible for over ten thousand staff and a one-time Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
He is the founder of Bulet International Nigeria Limited (the largest wholly-owned indigenous construction company) which built most of the iconic pub-lic buildings in Abuja.
He is the founding Managing Director of Democrat Newspaper and served as President of the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) for 8 years.
