Pride of Nigeria – Sultan of Sokoto celebrates Afenifere leader, Fasoranti at 100

The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has described elder statesman and person of Afenifere, Reuben Fasoranti, arsenic a pridefulness of Nigeria and a nationalist asset.

Celebrating Fasoranti connected his 100th birthday, Abubakar said the contributions of the elder statesman to nation-building stay invaluable.

A connection signed by Prince Bashir Adefaka, connected behalf of the Sultan of Sokoto, noted that Pa Fasoranti’s “remarkable longevity and enduring relevance crossed antithetic phases of Nigeria’s governmental past before, during, and aft the epoch of the precocious Chief Obafemi Awolowo, basal arsenic a testament to a beingness of exemplary work and leadership.”

The Sultan praised the centenarian statesman for his immense contributions to education, governance, and nationalist development, peculiarly highlighting his pioneering relation arsenic archetypal main of Anglican Grammar School, Iju-Itaogbolu successful Akure North successful 1957, arsenic good arsenic his work arsenic Commissioner for Finance successful the administra...