She Was A Trail Blazer..... President Goodluck Jonathan

In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, President Jonathan extended condolences to Remi Oyo's  husband, Vincent, her children, Otome and Okiemuote, her siblings and other relatives.

He also commiserated with the Nigerian Guild of Editors, who Dame Oyo served as a two-term President in the course of her trail-blazing journalism career, the management and workers of NAN as well as the colleagues, friends and protégés she garnered in her life.

President Jonathan  joined them in mourning Dame Oyo, who having attained great success in a profession hitherto dominated by men, entered national service as the Senior Special Assistant (Media & Publicity) to former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2003 and served with great distinction as the first female press secretary to a head of state until 2007.

The President believed that although she was already much honoured in life with accolades and awards, including Officer of the Order of the Niger, Dame Oyo would always be remembered and honoured in posterity for her exemplary professional life, her inspiring leadership qualities, motherliness and generosity, her immense patriotism and her remarkable transformation of the News Agency of Nigeria during her tenure as the managing director.

He described her as a trail blazer