Late Sir Lloyd Maepeza Gina to be accorded another state funeral in Honiara today

The official state funeral of the late Sir Lloyd Maepeza Gina, a senior Solomon Islands statesman and first parliament speaker, will be held today.

The office of the Prime Minister says the body of the late Sir Lloyd will lay in State from 9am until 2:30pm in the afternoon today.

The body will then be taken to Wesley United Church for the funeral service at 3pm.

Members of the public are advised that there will be traffic delays in Honiara today due to the state funeral of Sir Lloyd. Traffic users of Mbokonavera road and east and bound traffic on Mendana avenue will be disrupted between 3 and 5pm.

Relatives have confirmed that the body will later be transported to his home village Munda, in the Western Province for burial.

Source: SIBC