Obasanjo Felicitates With Mustapha On National Honours Award | Tellwell Newspaper
Tellwell Newspaper, Abuja – Nigeria:
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has felicitated with legal icon, Barrister Mustapha, on the conferment of the national honours award of Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR) by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The felicitation was contained In a congratulatory letter dated October 5, 2022, and issued by Obasanjo’s Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi; and shared with Tellwell Newspaper.
Obasanjo remarked that the honour conferred on Mustapha “is no doubt a clear testimony to the uncommon diligence, commitment, focused passion, and faith with which you have pursued the course of building of a new Nigeria designed to integrate its people, particularly the most advantaged, for the good of humanity.”
Obasanjo extolled the accomplishments of Mutapha, saying, the record of his steady, constant and beneficial influence as a dependable teacher and worthy role model to the younger generations has been astonishingly remarkable.
The former president praised Mustapha as “a thorough-bred Nigerian” with a highly cultured personality who has been a symbol of humility, moderation and selfless service, describing him as a distinguished educator, who has impacted positively on his community and society.
Obasanjo urged the new MFR recipient “to remain a man with an uncompromising commitment to strong work ethics, an unflinching patriot, one with boundless compassion for the less-privileged/orphans, an advocate for social justice and an untiring champion for girl-child and women empowerment that you are.”
He expressed confidence that Mustapha has so much to share with the generations to come, from his extremely rich and eventful life and career.
“I pray that the milk of goodness, kindness, consideration, humanity and humanness in you shall never run dry. More grease to your elbow!”
