President
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has received with immense sadness and a deep
feeling of great national loss, news of the passing away of the highly
revered Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero earlier today.
The
President in a statement signed by Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the
President (Media & Publicity) said that Alhaji Ado Bayero will
always be remembered and honoured by the people of Kano and all
Nigerians for his immense wisdom and competence as a traditional ruler
The statement read thus …
‘On behalf of himself, his family, the Federal Government and the
people of Nigeria, President Jonathan commiserates with the Emir’s
family and all the people of Kano over whom the departed Emir presided
illustriously as traditional ruler for more than half a century.
The
President joins them in mourning the monarch whose uncommon leadership
qualities and evident faith in the peace, unity, progress, and
prosperity of Nigeria combined to make him one of the most respected
traditional rulers in the country during his long and very successful
reign.
President Jonathan believes that Alhaji Ado Bayero will
always be remembered and honoured by the people of Kano and all
Nigerians for his immense wisdom and competence as a traditional ruler,
as well as for using his exalted throne to build bridges of unity,
friendship and harmony across the nation.
The President reaffirms
his declaration on the occasion of the Emir’s 50th anniversary
celebrations last year that the late Alhaji Ado Bayero was one of the
most decent and respectable Nigerians he has had the privilege of
interacting with, and he will always treasure pleasant memories of their
last meeting earlier this year.
He prays that the Almighty Allah
will receive the late Emir’s great soul and grant the good people of
Kano a worthy successor who will carry on his good works and wise rule
for the well-being and benefit of all Nigerians.’
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