From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of the Director General, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Prof. Habu Galadima, describing him as an intellectual colossus who stood tall in the field of scholarship and knowledge.
In a statement by Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari is quoted as saying: “Galadima was an eloquent and remarkable intellectual whose contributions to scholarship were vast and remarkable, and Nigeria will continue to remember him for these contributions.”
The President said while commiserating with his family, friends, the government and people of Nasarawa State added that “with the death Galadima, NIPPS and Nigeria at large has lost one of the best DGs ever appointed to head the institute.”
He prayed to Allah to forgive the soul of the departed and reward his good deeds with Al Jannah.
