• Says govt’ll immortalise elder statesman
• Says govt’ll immortalise elder statesman
Deji Elumoye in Abuja
Vice President Kashim Shettima, yesterday, led mourners at the Janai’za (funeral rites) of former Minister of Finance and Sardauna of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji.
The elder statesman passed on earlier in the day at the age of 88 after a brief illness.
He had served as Minister of National Planning, and later Finance during the military administration of General Ibrahim Babangida.
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