President Bola Tinubu sympathizes with the Kale family, the Nigerian Army, and the society of medical practitioners in Nigeria on the passing of Major-General Aderonke who passed away at 84.
The President described Major-General Kale, the first female Major-General in the Nigerian Army and the first female Commander of the Nigerian Army Medical Corps, as a pace-setter and her death as a painful loss to the country.
Tinubu in a statement by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said the late national treasure embodied the courage, professionalism, capacity, and resilience of the Nigerian woman, a towering figure and role model to many generations, while praying God for the repose of her soul.
Major-General Aderonke Kale a recipient of many awards for her contributions to the field of medicine, retired from the Nigerian Army in 1997.