President Goodluck Jonathan has urged public office holders to emulate the late Kaduna State Governor, Mr. Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa who never lived a flamboyant life while serving his fatherland.
Jonathan who made this call during the burial mass of the late Yakowa at Saint Paul Catholic Church, Kaduna noted that some Directors in Civil Service have more edifice than Aliko Dangote.
His words: “Yakowa talked about peace, love, and unity always. He was a nationalist but death comes when it will come. When it comes it is what matters. His death is unfortunate, but it is the Will of God. I was encouraged by the speech of the widow (Amina) that Yakowa’s death brought unity and peace.
Speaking further, Jonathan added that: “Yakowa was a nationalist. He played his roles very well as a civil servant of the old not as a civil servant of today when a director has more houses than Dangote.
“There was no ethnic or religious divide in his blood. It is time for all Nigerians to preach peace, love and unity because this is what Yakowa represented when he was alive,” he added.
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