The Nana family in Owo Asa in the Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State, has announced the date for the burial of the remains of late Engr. Dr. Stanley Ogbonna Nana.
According to the Chief Mourner, Mr. Noel O. Nana, the body of late Engr Nana would be committed to mother earth on August 31, 2024.
Late Nana, who is survived by his wife, Mrs Helena Nana, two sons and two daughters, was born on June 26, 1944 into the family of late Gabriel Ogbonna Ezuaka in Owo Asa, Ozar Ukwu Autonomous Community, in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State.
He attended St. Peters Primary School, Obegu in the present day Ugwunagbo Local Government Area of Abia State, and proceeded to Czechoslovakia, in Europe, where he obtained a Diploma and a Master degree in Electrical Engineering in 1971.
Engr. Stanley Nana got his first employment as an Electrical Engineer with Electro Technical Company Limited in Lagos and was posted to Olympia Hotels in Port Harcourt, Rivers State as a Supervisor for Electrical Installations in 1972.
He, later, moved to the then Imo State to begin a career in the Civil Service with the Imo State Public Utilities Board, Owerri in 1978.
Late Engr. Nana, alongside other indigenes of Abia State, which was newly created, moved to Umuahia, where he was in charge of Rural Electrification of both Ukwa East and Ukwa West Local Government Areas between 1985 and 1989.
He was Assistant General Manager, Abia State Electricity Board, Umuahia, Abia State from 1990 to1995, and General Manager in 1997.
He retired as a Permanent Secretary in the office of the Head of Service, Abia State.