The Lagos State Financial Secretary of APC, Asipa Wasiu Banjo has mourned Yeye Kemi Nelson who passed on Sunday morning.
Chief Nelson, a former South-West Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), died on Sunday at the age of 66 after a brief illness.
He describes her as a good leader who was ever ready to help those who sought her help.
Asipa Banjo stated that their path crossed in the UNCP days in the late 90s while they were both working for Funso Williams, since then till date she had been his mentor, always looking out for him, even till very recently at a GAC meeting.
Chief Kemi Nelson, former Executive Director of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) and influential politician, was a senatorial candidate in 1992.
She lost the election to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, now presidential candidate of the APC ahead of the 2023 election.
In 1999, she pitched tents with the Alliance for Democracy (AD) and served in the administration of Asiwaju Tinubu as Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.
