President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday visited the Kaduna residence of the family of late former President Muhammadu Buhari, where he pledged that his government would continue to uphold the values and legacies left behind by the former leader.
Tinubu was received by Buhari’s widow, Aisha, his eldest son, Yusuf, and other relatives. He told them that the entire nation shared in their grief and would always honour and remember the virtues of the late president.
According to a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President said “we are just here to assure you that we share in your grief, we share in your pain. A loss in flesh is not a loss in the spirit, and the spirit that he left with us is a spirit of hard work, dedication, patriotism, and honesty, and we are doing that.
“We assure you and the entire family that we will continue with our leader’s legacy, the mark he made for Nigeria. We will continue on the path of honesty, integrity, and great character that he imbued in us. May God help Nigeria, keep us united and together in the promised land,” Tinubu said.
Aisha Buhari calls for unity, continuity of values
In her response, Aisha Buhari expressed gratitude to President Tinubu, the First Lady, and government officials for their consistent support since her husband’s death, describing the visit as a source of comfort while highlighting his virtues and calling on Nigerians to emulate them.
“My husband stood for honesty, integrity, and justice. I would like to pray for Nigeria, for peace to reign, for unity of the country, and for you, President Tinubu, to carry on with my late husband’s legacy of honesty, integrity, tolerance, accountability, and justice,” she said.
President Tinubu was joined on the condolence visit by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, as well as the governors of Kwara, Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq; Yobe, Mai Mala Buni; Borno, Babagana Zulum; and Sokoto, Ahmed Aliyu.
Other top government officials on the entourage included the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun; Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu; Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle; and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu.
