Former Vice President and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar has mourned the demise of a former minister of Mines, Power and Petroleum, Shettima Ali Monguno, describing him as an icon of uprightness.
A message of condolence made available by the media office of the former vice-president on Saturday, July 9, 2016 said that one of the most indelible public records of the late Shettima Ali Monguno “were his uprightness and remarkable honesty, qualities for which the former Minister of Mines, Power and Petroleum would be remembered.”
The Turaki Adamawa noted that “the late Monguno devoted his life to honest service rather than obsession with personal accumulation of wealth.”
According to Atiku, Monguno’s greatest asset in life was his integrity, recalling that the late elder statesman from Borno State was one of the most credible and respectable parliamentarians of the First Republic.
Atiku said further that he and the late elder statesman from Borno State had always toyed with the utopian idea of a world government because of their beliefs in universal unity.
While acknowledging that the deceased was a perfect gentleman and a personification of humility, Atiku prays for the repose of the soul of the late Shettima and for the family of the deceased, as well as the people and government of Borno State to have the fortitude to bear the loss.
