Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has said that Abba Kyari, the late Chief of Staff to the President, was a quintessential public servant, who would be missed by many.
Daybreak reports that Abba Kyari, who tested positive to Coronavirus on March 23 died on Friday, April 17, 2020.
He was buried at Gudu Cementary, Abuja on Saturday.
Akeredolu, in a statement he signed in Akure on Saturday, expressed shock over Kyari’s death and prayed to God for the repose of the soul of the departed public servant.
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According to him, Kyari was a quintessential public servant whose trajectory of life molded him for inexorable service to his fatherland, and his choice of life was that of a pool of un-hyped potential.
“For him, he had played his own part of the endless life orchestra; he has departed, in fulfilment of mankind’s inescapable debt, like other mortals.
“Truly, Abba Kyari’s urbane character may not have been seen by all; but to those who had reasons to know and work closely with him, he represented dynamism, strong character and compassion.
“He was a dependable and dispassionate liaison, full of life with an energetic work engine that never stopped pulsating. Kyari died working for Nigeria, no doubt. He will be sorely missed by many.
“I commiserate with the nation, our leader, President Muhammadu Buhari, the immediate family as well as friends and associates of the departed compatriot over this shocking development.
“May God grant us all the strength to bear this loss,” he said.
