President
Muhammadu Buhari has advised his children to acquire enough education and then
work hard to be self-reliant, saying he would leave behind very little for them
to inherit.
“Buhari insisted that
all of his girls continue their education through the tertiary level,” American
Professor, John Paden, said in “Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges of Leadership
in Nigeria,” his latest biography on the Nigerian President.
“This they did,
although one continued in higher education after she was married. He told them
explicitly that education would give them self-reliance, and that he would not
have much in the way of an inheritance to leave to his family.
“Today, Buhari’s entire family are not
only well educated but also speak English, and are comfortable
within the broader Nigerian and international context.”
In terms of material
wealth, it is difficult to tell how much Mr. Buhari is worth, making it
impossible to estimate what inheritance he might bequeath to his family.
The president is yet to
fulfil an electoral promise to make full details of his assets public.
Following widespread
pressure from Nigerians, the President, on September 3, 2015, provided snippets
of information regarding his declared assets.
According to a press statement
by Garba Shehu,
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr.
Buhari had N30 million in his bank account before taking office on May 29.
The
president owns five houses in Kaduna, Daura, Kano and Abuja, and has two
undeveloped plots of land, one in Kano and the other in Port Harcourt.
Mr. Buhari also has
farms, an orchard, ranch, livestock, including 270 cattle, 25 sheep, five
horses, a variety of birds and a number of economic trees, according to the
statement.
The
president owns five houses in Kaduna, Daura, Kano and Abuja, and has two
undeveloped plots of land, one in Kano and the other in Port Harcourt.
Mr. Buhari also has farms,
an orchard, ranch, livestock, including 270 cattle, 25 sheep, five horses, a
variety of birds and a number of economic trees, according to the statement.
-PT
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