Buhari Condoles Gov. Yayaha Bello Over Death Of Mother

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Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has come to say that Nigeria is a country that is very difficult to govern. The septuagenarian lamented that no matter how hard he tries, some people would still find faults in his government. Adding that as a leader, he has to accept the challenges of leadership and learn to live by them. The president made this known while fielding questions from reporters after receiving some of his aides and close friends who visited him at the presidential villa in Abuja in commemoration of his 77th birthday. “I think I come to accept the realities of leadership in Nigeria, you can only try, it is a terrific country, no matter what you do, there are people on daily basis that look for your faults and go to the press, so you have to learn to live by that,” he said.

President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the death of Governor Yahaya Bello’s mother

Mother of the Kogi State Governor’s Hajiya Hauwau Oziohu Bello died in Abuja on Sunday at the age of 101.

Buhari prayed “that God almighty will comfort her family and loved ones.”

Garba Shehu, Buhari “urged the governor, family members and all associates of Hajiya Bello to find solace in the grace of long life given to the matriarch, and her strength of character in bringing up her children, grandchildren, and great-grand children in fear of God, while promoting strong moral values in her community.”

He said he “believes the legacies of generosity, kindness and virtue that Hajiya Bello lived by, and consistently advocated will always be remembered.”

The President “urged the family and all citizens of Kogi State to immortalize the matriarch by promoting her values, praying that God will grant her soul peaceful rest.”