President Bola Ahmed Tinubu presided over a special session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) convened in honour of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari.
The session, which held at the Council Chambers of the State House, drew top leaders of the National Assembly.
Among those in attendance are Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, and Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu.
President Tinubu arrived at the venue at about 5:27 p.m., where the majority of cabinet members and dignitaries were already seated.
The session commenced with the national anthem, after which the President delivered moving remarks in tribute to his predecessor.
President Bola Tinubu paid a glowing tribute to the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, describing him as “a good man, a decent man, an honourable man” whose legacy of discipline, patriotism, and moral uprightness would endure for generations.
Tinubu said although the late president was not without flaws, his unwavering commitment to national service set him apart.
He said: “President Buhari was not a perfect man, no leader is, but he was, in every sense of the word, a good man, a decent man, an honourable man.
“His record will be debated, as all legacies are, but the character he brought to public life, the moral force he carried, the incorruptible standard he represented, will not be forgotten.
“His was a life lived in full service to Nigeria, and in fidelity to God,” he said.
Reflecting on Buhari’s time in office and his long military and civil service, Tinubu praised the late leader’s simplicity, humility, and stoic resistance to the trappings of power.
He said, “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.”
He added that Buhari’s patriotism “was lived more in action than in words,” describing him as “a good man, an honourable man, and a decent man.”
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, also paid tribute to the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, describing him as a principled leader who gave his all to Nigeria.
“He [Buhari] gave everything he had to a country that asked everything of him,” Akpabio said during the session.
“President Muhammadu Buhari was not perfect — no leader is — but he was a very principled man.”
The special FEC session is part of a series of official activities to honour the legacy of the late statesman.
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