As Nigerians continue to celebrate President Muhammadu Buhari’s 80th birth day, the Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, has said Buhari is a good man with the attributes anybody could use to qualify a decent human being.
The minister in a congratulatory write up Sunday with the caption, “Tribute to the Finest Officer and Gentleman of our Time,” said Buhari’s honesty and integrity are not contestable.
“The trappings of power have not, in any way, changed the Buhari I have always known. He has been endowed with contentment and zero vanity and therefore has no appetite for glitter and glamour. He does not enjoy flattery and praise- singing and it shows vividly if you read his body language.
“To many Nigerians, including even his close associates in government, his military colleagues and personal friends, Buhari has been an enigma of sorts. Not many people have had the knack to decipher the mind and disposition of this gentleman. What is doubtless though, is that Buhari is in every sense a good man and ticks all the attributes anybody could use to qualify someone a decent human being.
“As a person, he is humane, kind, honest, straightforward, humble, generous, intelligent, witty, humorous and much more. He has an extraordinarily strong faith and genuine belief in the powers of the Almighty God to direct his affairs. Thus, he is always very calm in his disposition and never ruffled by any potential threats or insults and assaults to his person.
“He is always at peace with himself once he is satisfied that he has acted in good conscience. All these explain why he does not play to the gallery. He would rather be judged by his creator and people of good conscience and fair-mindedness than to be laundered by spin doctors. “This is in keeping with a tenet of Islam that strongly frowns at, and forbids “Riya” (eye service),” he said.
