President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the Government and Republic of Tanzania to mourn President John Pombe Magufuli who died on Thursday at the age of 61.
He said Magufuli’s legacy of patriotism and dedication to the African course would continue to resonate across the continent.
In a statement, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the President believed the late Tanzanian President’s courage and love for his country inspired various reforms that generations would continue to celebrate, which included the challenging decision to reduce size and cost of governance, insistence on a people-focused budget, with clear priorities on education and health, and consistently fighting profligacy and frivolities in public expenditures.
Shehu further stated that President Buhari affirmed that the former Tanzanian was a leader who spent most of his life serving the country and humanity, with a rich pedigree of working as a schoolteacher and evolved steadily in public service as Member of Parliament, Deputy Minister of Works, Minister of Works, Minister of Lands and Human Settlement and Minister of Livestock and Fisheries.
Shehu said the President extended condolences to the family of the late visionary leader of Tanzania, his friends, associates, all citizens of the country.
He said the President trusted God to comfort them.
President Buhari also prayed for repose of the soul of the deceased.
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