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• Says govt’ll immortalise elder statesman
Deji Elumoye in Abuja
Vice President Kashim Shettima, yesterday, led mourners at the Janai’za (funeral rites) of former Minister of Finance and Sardauna of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji.
The elder statesman passed on earlier in the day at the age of 88 after a brief illness.
He had served as Minister of National Planning, and later Finance during the military administration of General Ibrahim Babangida.
On arrival in Sokoto, the vice president, according to a release issued by his media aide, Stanley Nkwocha, paid a condolence visit to the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, where prayers were offered for the peaceful repose of the late elder statesman.
Shettima described the deceased as a behemoth of institutional memory who will never be forgotten, stating that the late Alhaji would be remembered for his service to…
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