Buhari extols Late Borno Deputy Governor’s exemplary commitment to service
President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday in Maiduguri eulogized the late Deputy Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Zannah Umar Mustapha, extolling his exemplary commitment to excellence and service.
In a tribute to Alhaji Zannah, read on his behalf by the National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd.), who led a Presidential delegation to condole the government and people of Borno State on the Deputy Governor’s death, President Buhari said that the young, hardworking politician will be greatly missed.
“His was a life of service and excellence as attested to by many people who interacted closely with him,” President Buhari said.
The President prayed that Almighty Allah will comfort members of Alhaji Zannah’s family as well as the government and people of Borno State, over his sudden death, and grant the late Deputy Governor peaceful rest.
The Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima who received the delegation in the company of the Shehu Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn-Garbai El-Kanemi, the Shehu Bama, Alhaji Kyari Ibn Umar Ibrahim El-Kanemi and the Shehu of Dikwa, Alhaji Abba Tor-Masta, described the late Deputy Governor as a perfect deputy who was “simply irreplaceable.”
Governor Shettima thanked President Buhari for his sympathy and the solidarity of the Federal Government with the government and people of Borno state as they mourn Alhaji Zannah
The Governor also expressed the people of Borno’s appreciation of the intensified effort by the military to end the Boko Haram insurgency which, he said, was already yielding positive results.
Other members of the Presidential delegation were Alhaji Bukar Goni, the Permanent Secretary, General Services, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on House Hold Matters, Mohammed Sarki Abba and the Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.
Garba Shehu
SSA to the President
(Media & Publicity)
August 16, 2015
