President Muhammadu Buhari and Jigawa State Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar have extended condolences to the family of Alhaji Ahmad Adamu, Dan Iyan Kazaure, whose death was reported on Friday.
Until his death, the late Dan Iya was a member of the Kazaure Emirate Council in Jigawa State, and had served variously in the Veterinary Division, in the government of the old Northern Region. He was also a cousin to Emir of Kazaure, Alhaji Najib Hussaini Adamu and Minister of Water Resources, Engineer Sulaiman Adamu.
He also worked at the Rural Development Agency, the Water Resources and Engineering Construction Agency (WRECA) and the State Agricultural and Rural Development Authority in Kano State.
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He also served as Director of the Tropical Commercial Bank and President, the Cooperative Federation, first in Kano and later Jigawa State.
President Buhari, in a message to the family of the deceased, described the late Dan Iya as a man noted for his frank and fearless views. ‘
‘His work spanning across many decades is a testimony to his commitment to a better Nigeria and will always be remembered.
‘‘I am saddened by his demise. May Allah repose his soul and grant the family, the Emirate Council and the government and people of Jigawa State the fortitude to bear the loss,’’ the President was quoted as saying by presidential spokesman Garba Shehu.
In message by his media aide Habibu Nuhu Kila, Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar described the death of Dan Iyan Kazaure as a great loss not only to the people of Kazaure Emirate, Jigawa state but the nation in general.
The governor who described Alhaji Ahmad Adamu as a seasoned administrator, community leader and elder statesman who excelled in both his public and private life died in the service of humanity.
He prayed to Almighty God to grant him eternal rest and the family the fortitude to bear the loss.
