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APC leader, Bola Tinubu has mourned the death of former Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, describing it as a discomforting event.
“Sultan Dasuki was a friend of the late Islamic Scholar Abubakar Gumi and he contributed a lot to the birth of Islamic movement, Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNL).”
He said the late Dasuki, the 18th Sultan of Sokoto, was also a seasoned technocrat, administrator, diplomat and business titan.
“Alhaji Dasuki joined the Northern regional civil service in 1953, heeding the call of the late Sardauna of Sokoto, Alhaji Ahmadu Bello, for Northerners to join the service. He was later to serve Ahmadu Bello a year later as Private Secretary, during which time he understudied the late sage. He was a close associate of the late Sardauna of Sokoto and imbibed his ideals.”
“In business, the late Sultan recorded many milestones and served as a beacon for many later-day businessmen in the country, particularly in the North. From around 1965 until he was crowned Sultan, he left the civil service and concentrated fully on business. He was Chairman of Northern Nigeria Produce Marketing Board, an organisation involved with marketing the export of groundnut and distribution of seeds and chemicals. He later became Director and later Chairman of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC).”
He commiserated with his family, the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Alhaji Sa’as Abubakar, the Sultanate Council, the Islamic Ummah and the entire people of Sokoto State praying that Almighty Allah grant him Alijanna Fridaus.
“Sultan Dasuki was a friend of the late Islamic Scholar Abubakar Gumi and he contributed a lot to the birth of Islamic movement, Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNL).”
He said the late Dasuki, the 18th Sultan of Sokoto, was also a seasoned technocrat, administrator, diplomat and business titan.
“Alhaji Dasuki joined the Northern regional civil service in 1953, heeding the call of the late Sardauna of Sokoto, Alhaji Ahmadu Bello, for Northerners to join the service. He was later to serve Ahmadu Bello a year later as Private Secretary, during which time he understudied the late sage. He was a close associate of the late Sardauna of Sokoto and imbibed his ideals.”
“In business, the late Sultan recorded many milestones and served as a beacon for many later-day businessmen in the country, particularly in the North. From around 1965 until he was crowned Sultan, he left the civil service and concentrated fully on business. He was Chairman of Northern Nigeria Produce Marketing Board, an organisation involved with marketing the export of groundnut and distribution of seeds and chemicals. He later became Director and later Chairman of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC).”
He commiserated with his family, the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Alhaji Sa’as Abubakar, the Sultanate Council, the Islamic Ummah and the entire people of Sokoto State praying that Almighty Allah grant him Alijanna Fridaus.
