Dauda Birma was a decent politician, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the late former Minister of Education, and Sarkin Gabas of Adamawa, Alhaji Dauda Birma, as a decent politician.

President Buhari, in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, voiced his condolences over the death of the Adamawa State born politician.

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The President said: “I am deeply touched by the passing of Dauda Birma, one of the finest and most decent politicians of our time.”

According to the President, “Birma was a disciplined and respectable politician who gave politics a good image through personal examples.”

“I must also state here that Dauda Birma was a committed party man that worked passionately and assiduously for the success of our party,” President Buhari added.

The President asked Allah to forgive his shortcomings, reward his good deeds with paradise and grant his family the fortitude to bear “this irreparable loss”.