Kure’s ideas were always progressive – Gana
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By Mohammed Baba Busu
Lafia, Jan. 9, 2017 (NAN) Prof. Jerry Gana, former information minister, on Monday described the former Governor of Niger State,
Alhaji Abdulkadir Abdullahi-Kure, who died on Sunday, as “a man with progressive ideas”.
“His death is a monumental loss, not only to the Lapai emirate, but to the entire Niger State and Nigeria. He will be greatly missed,” Gana told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Lafia on Monday.
He said that the deceased’s contributons to the growth of democracy would particularly be grealy missed.
Gana said that the death of Kure was a personal loss to him because they were very close.
According to him, the deceased was a man of exemplary character whose humility will be sorely missed.
“We pray that the good Lord will comfort his dear wife, Sen Zainab Kure, and the entire family,” he said. (NAN)
Edited by Ephraims Sheyin.