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Abubakar Alhaji, diplomat, and former minister of Finance, dies
An icon of the Nigerian public/civil service and scion of the Sokoto Caliphate, Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji, passed on yesterday in Abuja after wrestling with bouts of illness. Famously called ‘Triple A,’ many will remember him as a virtual embodiment of the Nigerian civil service where he rose through the ranks and served at various levels from the local to the federal. He was also a veritable partaker in the traditional power base of the inimitable Sokoto caliphate. That base, in addition to his Western education and privileged public service roles, made him a major pillar of what may be described as Nigeria’s deep state - that powerful combination of traditional clout, bureaucratic consequence and contemporary relevance. This power base made him a permanent feature of various changing regimes, especially during the military…
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