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Abba Kyari: Obasanjo, Jonathan, Obi, Ohanaeze others condole with Buhari

Late Abba Kyari

By Ismaila Chafe
Abuja, April 18, 2020
More Nigerians have commiserated with President Muhammadu Buhari on the passing of his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, the President’s spokesman Garba Shehu has disclosed.
Shehu, in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, said former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan condoled with the President and the Kyari family over the death of the Chief of Staff.
President Buhari also received condolence messages from Gov. Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi on behalf of the Progressive Governors Forum and Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau on behalf of the Northern Governors Forum, he said.
The presidential aide stated that similar message was received by the president from Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State on behalf of the Nigeria Governors Forum as well as Gov Abdulrazaq Abdulrahman of Kawra and Sen. Umar Ibrahim Kurfi.

Ohanaeze mourns, commiserates with Buhari

By Stanley Nwanosike
Enugu, April 18, 2020
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, an apex pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, has also commiserated with President Buhari over the death of Mallam Kyari.
The condolence message was contained in a statement issued by the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Nnia Nwodo, in Enugu on Saturday.
“It is with shock that I learnt of the demise of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, as a result of the deadly Coronavirus.
“On behalf of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, I commiserate with President Muhammadu Buhari and the good people of Nigeria on this unfortunate development.
“With the death of Kyari, all Nigerians should now understand that nobody, both high and low, is exempted from this ravaging pandemic.
“We should observe strictly all the precautionary measures put in place by government and medical professionals, especially social distancing.
“This exhortation has become more imperative because from reports, the virus is said not to be a city case alone anymore, but that it has crept into communities, making it more ominous and dangerous,’’ he said.

Kyari’s death, will of God – Peter Obi

By Emmanuel Oloniruha
Abuja, April 18, 2020
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Vice Presidential candidate in the 2019 election, Mr Peter Obi, on Saturday, equally condoled with President Buhari on the death of his Chief of Staff.
Obi, in a statement issued in Abuja by his Media Adviser, Valentine Obienyem, condoled with Buhari and Kyari’s family, urging them to take the loss, even though painful, as the will of God.
He prayed God, whom he said had called the late chief of staff home, to grant his soul eternal rest.
“I pray to God to grant Kyari’s family the needed strength and comfort over the loss of their patriarch.
“I also pray God to grant all who had died of Coronavirus eternal rest, and through His divine healing hands, touch and clear the world of the deadly COVID-19 disease,” Obi said.
The former Governor of Anambra State urged Nigerians to continue to abide by all the regulations and protocols stipulated by governmental and global health agencies to stay safe from Coronavirus infection.

Kyari’s death: APC governors call for united action to stop COVID-19

By Deji Abdulwahab
Abuja, April 18, 2020
The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), under the platform of APC, has described the death of Malam Abba Kyari, as a call for Nigerians to be united in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.
Kyari died on Friday from Coronavirus infection.
The forum Chairman, Gov. Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi, made the call in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, while extending condolence to the President, Kyari’s family and the entire nation.
Bagudu said: “We, the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), join the family, President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR), and the nation to pray for the repose of the soul of our dear and beloved Malam Abba Kyari.
“His death is a loss to the nation and the Nigerian progressive community.
“We pray to God Almighty to grant the family the fortitude to bear this heavy loss.”
According to the forum’s chairman, the death of Kyari is a further call on all Nigerians to be united in the fight against the spread of COVID-19.
“As progressive governors, we, on this sad day, hereby, re-affirm our unconditional support to the laudable initiatives of the President Buhari-led Federal Government.
“We call on all Nigerians, irrespective of our political, religious, ethnic, social status or any other differences, to support the Federal Government in the fight against this deadly virus.
“We also call on all Nigerians to observe all the social distancing measures and stay safe,” he said.
Bagudu also saluted the efforts of all the nation’s frontline medical personnel, under the leadership of the Federal Ministry of Health and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in their fights against the spread of the pandemic.
“May God continue to guide our country and the world to succeed to bring to an immediate end this world pandemic.
“May the soul of Malam Abba Kyari rest in peace,” he said.

Abba Kyari bids Nigeria farewell at 67

Abuja, April 18, 2020
Since his appointment as the Chief of Staff to President Buhari in August 2015, Kyari was a major player in Nigeria’s central government till he died on Friday, April 17.
He was among the first key officers to be reappointed for a second stint when Buhari was re-elected as President in 2019.
In March, he tested positive to the coronavirus and was reported to have travelled to Lagos for treatment.
Not much was heard about him thereafter, until the Presidency, in a statement issued by Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity announced his passage.
Kyari, 67, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Warwick, in 1980 and also received a bachelor’s degree in law from the University of Cambridge and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1983.
A year later, he obtained a master’s degree in law from the University of Cambridge and later attended the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland.
He participated in the Programme for Management Development at the Harvard Business School, in 1992 and 1994, respectively, and practised law while working at Fani-Kayode and Sowemimo for some time after his return to Nigeria.
From 1988 to 1990, he was Editor with the New Africa Holdings Limited Kaduna and had a stint as commissioner in his native Borno State in 1990.
For the next five years, he was the secretary to the board of African International Bank Limited, a subsidiary of Bank of Credit and Commerce International.
He also held positions as an Executive Director at the United Bank for Africa, and later the Chief Executive Officer.
In 2002, he was appointed a board director of Unilever Nigeria and later served on the board of Exxon Mobil Nigeria.
Left behind to mourn the rather quiet officer are his wife and four children, numerous relatives, and a Nigerian nation many agree he served diligently.

Ganduje sacks commissioner over “unkind comments” on late Kyari

Aisha Ahmed
Kano, April 18, 2020
Meanwhile, Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano has sacked the northwestern state’s infrastructure and works commissioner, Muazu Magaji, for “celebrating the death of Mallam Abba Kyari’”.

Magaji’s sack is contained in a statement by Mallam Muhammad Garba, the Commissioner of Information, a copy of which was made available to newsmen on Saturday in Kano.
Garba disclosed that Magaji was sacked following his “unguarded utterances on social media, against the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari”.
“As a public servant, the commissioner ought to have respected the sanctity of the office by refraining from any act capable of dragging the office to disrepute.
“The action of a public servant, personal or otherwise, reflects back on the government, therefore, the Ganduje administration will not tolerate people in official capacities engaging in personal vendetta or otherwise,” it stated.
While commiserating with the President over the demise of Kyari, Garba said that the deceased led a life worthy of emulation by serving his country to the best of his ability.
The statement was, however, silent on the exact comments that cost the commissioner his job and the particular social media platform he used.

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