His Excellency, former President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, was my first boss in public service.
Blessed with grace and unvarnished dignity, he was a man who — without exceptions — always did what he believed was right in every situation.
He was an honest man of consistent simplicity, spartan discipline, and dogged dedication to the lifelong principles that guided his service as a decorated officer, military head of state, and popularly elected leader of Africa's largest population.
My former boss was a man of method, structure, and exemplary discipline who generations of Nigerians will remember as a leader of unimpeachable personal integrity.
President Buhari was a progressive who believed in the great destiny of our nation, and a relentless champion of the nation's disadvantaged.
His legacies of widespread infrastructural provision across rail, road, seaports, airports, and power, and his humane investments in the provision of social amenities; alongside oil & gas sector reforms and the armament upgrades of the nation's armed forces, amongst many other multi-faceted feats, will stand the test of time.
He will be sorely missed by millions of his dedicated followers, and I shall forever be proud of our association and indebted to him for the opportunity he extended to me to serve the nation we love.
May his soul rest in perfect peace.
Chief Ajuri Ngelale
Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Public Affairs (2019 – 2023)
