Joda: Buhari sends delegation, says late PS a patriot


The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has described former Permanent Secretary and Chairman of his transition team in 2015, Ahmed Joda, as a patriot who gave his best for the unity of the country.
Buhari said this on Sunday in Adamawa State through a delegation led by the Secretary to Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, to commiserate with family, friends and associates of the elder statesman, as well as government and people of Adamawa State.
According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari said Joda’s transition was a collective loss to the family, state, country and the world that he touched.
The statement was titled ‘Ahmed Joda: We’ve lost a patriot, most valuable citizen, says President Buhari.’
Buhari described Joda as “a trustworthy and loyal companion, who steadfastly stood for the interest of the nation through highs and lows.”
The Joda family, through the Galadima of Adamawa, Mustapha Aminu, thanked the President for sending the delegation, agreeing that Joda was a hero for all Nigerians.
Aminu highlighted the trust and loyalty that shaped the relationship between the President and the former Permanent Secretary, also known as one of the “Super Perm Secs,’, saying the President shared greatly in the loss as well.
At the palace of Lamido of Adamawa, Dr Barkindo Mustapha, the SGF conveyed the “deepest condolences” of the President, saying “we have come to mourn a hero, a mentor and a father.”
Mustapha thanked the President for sending the delegation and described Joda’s death as a big loss to the state and the country.
Governor of Adamawa State, Umaru Fintiri, who also received the Presidential delegation, said the state and country had lost a “father, a friend and an adviser to whom we ran for solutions to intractable problems.”
Among the Presidential delegation to Yola was the Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Senator representing Adamawa Central, Aishatu Binani, Members of the House of Representatives representing Yola/Yola South, Ja’afaru Ribadu, and representing Gombi, Yusuf Buba as well as Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Muhammad Bello.

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