As President Muhammadu Buhari bows out of office in a few days, Ghanaian President Akufo-Addo said the world will miss him as he declared that prosperity posterity will be kind to him.
Akufo-Addo said this at the unveiling of two books written on the legacies of Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja, on Friday.
Akufo-Addo said ECOWAS, Africa and the world at large will miss Buhari’s leadership qualities and administrative acumen.
Buhari, who should have completed a two-term of eight years on Monday, May 29 will hand over the baton of leadership to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the same day.
His words, “As leaders, we all have our high and low moments, but I have no doubt that posterity will be kind to Muhammadu Buhari.
“President Buhari, we will miss you. West Africa, Africa, and indeed, the world will miss your leadership. The leadership of a military ruler turned consummate democrat who was extremely solicitous of Nigeria’s and Africa’s interests and who sought principles in all decisions which he took.
“I’m yet to have a book written about me, let alone author one myself. I have some 19 months to leave office, and I guess I have to take a cue from my senior and hope the books will give about me.”
The book: “State of Repair: How Muhammadu Buhari tried to transform Nigeria for the better” was authored by Anthony Goldman, a former journalist and ex-Africa editor of the Financial Times of London, while “The Legacy of Muhammadu Buhari” was authored by Abu Ibrahim, former representative of southern Katsina senatorial district.
The books were reviewed by Kayode Fayemi, former governor of Ekiti; and Abubakar Abba, deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Abuja.
The books raked in over N500 million during the presentation.
The President-elect Bola Tinubu and the Vice-President-elect Kashim Shettima obtained copies of the book for a combined amount of N40 million.
Abdulsamad Rabiu, chairman of BUA Group, generously purchased copies of the books with the sum of N200 million
Aliko Dangote, chairperson of the Dangote Group, contributed N100 million to acquire copies of both books, and Muhammed Idimi purchased copies for the same amount.
