President Muhammadu Buhari,
yesterday, said the Federal Government would immortalize the country’s
first Executive President, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, who died last Friday.
Also, the President had directed that flags
should fly at half-mast in military and paramilitary formations, as well as
public buildings for three days, beginning from yesterday.
According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, revealed that Buhari said this in Sokoto when he paid a condolence visit to the family of the deceased.
In a letter to Sokoto State governor, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, which was read by the governor at the event, the President stated: “I received the very sad news of the passing away of Alhaji Shehu Shagari, former President of Nigeria.
“This, indeed, is a grievous loss, which will be felt throughout Nigeria, irrespective of any difference. The late Alhaji Shagari was a landmark figure being virtually our last link to the post-independence government of Alhaji Tafawa Balewa and Nigeria’s first elected executive President.
“Please convey to his immediate family, the government and the people of Sokoto State my heartfelt condolences on the passing away of this great statesman. “The Federal Government will in due course institute a suitable memorial to the late former President.”
