President Goodluck Jonathan said on Tuesday the he received with great shock and sorrow, the news of the death of Senator Isaiah Balat.
Balat, until his death on Tuesday, was the Special Adviser (Special Duties) to Vice President Namadi Sambo.
A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, said the president condoled with the Vice President, his staff and all others who had the pleasure of working with Balat at the Presidential Villa.
Abati said that the president also extended sincere condolences to the late Balat’s wife, children and relatives as well as his kinsmen and the people of Kaduna State.
He said the president also condoled with Balat’s supporters “whose interests he capably represented and defended throughout his political career”.
“The president joins them in mourning the very affable political leader who will be remembered for serving meritoriously as a Senator and Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“The president prays that God Almighty will receive the soul of Senator Balat, whom he had the pleasure of working with at close quarters in the Presidential Villa over the past three years, and grant him eternal rest,” Abati said. (NAN)
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