Tinubu Rename University of Maiduguri After Buhari, Says He Was a Man of Integrity
By: Israel Adeleke
OPEN TELEVISION NAIJA (OTN) News reports that the president of the federal republic of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, has renamed the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) in Borno State after former President Muhammadu Buhari.
OTN News further reports that Tinubu who made the announcement on Thursday during an expanded FEC meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja in honour of the former Nigerian leader, described Buhari as a man of integrity who lived a respectful life.
“Before we take the prayers — in honour of his [Buhari’s] memory, with this special session of the Federal Executive Council (expanded) — can we adopt the naming of the University of Maiduguri with a new name — Muhammadu Buhari University, Maiduguri,” the President said at the end of the FEC meeting amid applause from attendees, including ministers who served under Buhari, and his son, Yusuf.
“Yet it was in the quiet and unadorned settings of his private life that his true greatness was revealed: pious without show, just without cruelty, humane without sentimentality, temperate without coldness, and sincere without guile,” the former Lagos State governor said.
“Steady in posture and spirit, dignified in bearing, and commanding by his very presence, his example guided all who encountered him. Still, it endures.”
“And, to those whom he loved most intimately, he was unfailingly tender, loyal, and good. His life was a rebuke to vice and a refuge for virtue.
The purity of his private character gave radiance to the discipline and integrity of his public service,” he said.
OTN News recall that Buhari, a former Nigerian leader, died in London on July 13 after a prolonged illness and was buried on Tuesday in a ceremony attended by dignitaries within and outside the country.
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