President Bola Tinubu has extolled the ‘peerless’ leadership credentials and feats of the former President, Mohammed Buhari, recalling his meritorious service to the nation at various times as Head of State and as President.
The President in a statement describes the Fmr President who clocks 81 as his friend and ally, an icon of truth, justice, and patriotism.
He reeled out former President Buhari’s record of infrastructural provision, comprising several new international airports, multiple standard-gauge railway lines, new seaport development, dozens of new dams, power stations, oil and gas infrastructure, expressways and mega-bridges, in addition to establishing Nigeria’s first national social investment and protection programme, amongst many other feats.
President Tinubu in the statement recalls the former President’s aggressive push to modernize Nigeria’s defence architecture while working towards import substitution with the empowerment of millions of Nigerian farmers in his progressive initiative to enhance food security in the country.
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The President also describes the former President Buhari as the finest paradigm of sacrifice, devotion, patriotism, and fidelity to the national cause.
“President Buhari is from the rarest phylum of virtuous servant-leaders. He has devoted his life to the service of the nation, even earning himself detention for his patriotism and service to our Fatherland. The emergence of leaders like my good friend, Buhari, happens only by divine orchestration. He is a man of absolute and undiluted integrity. His yea is yea, and his nay is nay,”
While wishing the elder statesman longevity and strength, President Tinubu assures the former President that the hope of a prosperous, peaceful, and progressive Nigeria, which he has always worked for, will not be dashed.
(Editor : Ena Agbanoma)
