Buhari Mourns Nda-Isaiah’s Death

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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.

Buhari Mourns Nda-Isaiah’s Death.

The President, Muhammadu Buhari has shown shock and sadness over the recent death of the publisher of Leadership Newspapers, Sam Nda-Isaiah.

A statement released on Saturday morning titled, ‘Nda-Isaiah; He was a friend and ally, says President Buhari,’ the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina quoted Buhari describing Nda-Isaiah as a resolute and dogged beliver in Nigeria.

The President condoled with the media fraternity, the Nda-Isaiah family, friends, and associates of the deceased.

 “The country has lost a man of conviction, a resolute and dogged believer in a better Nigeria.

 “He will be sorely missed. This is a massive fish gone out of the media ocean,” Buhari was further quoted as saying of the pharmacist, renowned columnist, and one-time presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.

Brief History of Nda-Isaiah:

Nda-Isaiah who passed away at the age of 58 at around 10 pm on Friday night after complaining that he was unwell.

Nda-Isiah attended a meeting of the Nigerian Association of Journalists, NPAN, in Lagos State over the weekend.

He was Born in Niger State, attended the Federal Government College, Kaduna, from 1974 to 1979. He then proceeded to the University of Ife now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife where he got a degree in Pharmacy.