President Bola Tinubu on Thursday renamed University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) in Borno after the late former President Muhammadu Buhari.
By Muhyideen Jimoh
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday renamed University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) in Borno after the late former President Muhammadu Buhari.
The university is now known as Muhammadu Buhari University.
The President made the announcement during a special Federal Executive Council (FEC) session in Abuja.
The session, convened in honour of the late statesman, was attended by the leadership of the National Assembly, top government officials and members of the Buhari family.
Tinubu praised Buhari’s legacy of discipline, patriotism, and moral uprightness, calling his life one of the quiet courage and unwavering service to Nigeria.
”Today, we gather under a heavy shadow, drawn from the silence that surrounds a departed leader and the immense weight of a life whose absence will be felt for generations.”
“We meet to honour a man whose presence once commanded this very room, whose voice once summoned the best in us, and whose convictions never bowed, even to the strongest winds of public opinion.”
Tinubu described Buhari as a “patriot, soldier, and elder statesman” who dedicated his life to national unity and progress.
“President Buhari’s life was one of austere honour. He stood, always, ramrod straight; unmoved by the temptation of power, unseduced by applause and unafraid of the loneliness that often visits those who do what is right, rather than what is popular.”
”His was a quiet courage, a righteousness that never announced itself.
“His patriotism was lived more in action than in words. His life traced the arc of Nigeria’s journey.”
Tinubu reflected on Buhari’s military years, describing him as a gallant soldier who helped preserve Nigeria’s unity during critical times.
He commended Buhari’s democratic legacy, noting how he placed trust in the people and led with restraint and integrity.
”When he was sworn in as our party’s first elected President, he led with restraint, governed with dignity, and bore the burdens of leadership without complaint.
The president said that those who knew him most intimately understood that the authority of that exalted office never changed him.
