Accra, Ghana, January 3, 2019//-Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has consoled the people and government of Nigeria on the passing of Shehu Osman Aliyu Shagari, a former President of Nigeria.
President Akufo-Addo said: “On behalf of the government and people of Ghana, I express to you, his family and the brotherly people of Nigeria our sincere condolences on his death. I pray that his commitment to public service will continue to inspire current and future generations of Africans.”
”We have all lost a remarkable statesman who would be well remembered for his modesty and humility, in spite of the great heights he achieved”, he stated.
SHEHU OSMAN OSMAN ALIYU SHAGARI
Mr Shagari, was a Nigerian politician who served as the first and only President of Nigeria’s Second Republic, after the handover of power by General Olusegun Obasanjo’s military government in 1979.
He died on December 28, 2018, at the National Hospital in Abuja, after a brief illness. He was 93 years.
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