From Femi Mustapha in, Kaduna
The National Chairman of Action Alliance (AA), Dr. Hon. Adekunle Rufai Omo-Aje, has said Nigeria has lost an icon of its democracy and a champion of the downtrodden in the person of Alhaji Balarabe Musa, who died on the 11th of November,2019.
In a Statement signed by him to commemorate the Five-year demise of the former Governor of old Kaduna State, The Action Alliance Chairman Said the late Balarabe Musa was a politician who gave his all for the people he served without expecting anything in return, and this is worthy of emulation by all politicians.
According to him, the late Balarabe Musa Supported his emergency as the
National Chairman of Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, in 2019 a few days before his death
He noted that the late Balarabe Musa was a highly principled politician who saw public service as a sacrifice and not as an opportunity to acquire wealth as he lived a simple life throughout his lifetime.
Omo-Aje described the late statesman as a father figure of opposition politics who spoke the truth to the governments of the day without fear or favor.
He also described the late Balarabe Musa as a rallying point of progressive politics in the North and a respected voice in the quest for a better Nigeria.
The AA Chairman said the late Balarabe Musa was a perfect example to prove that Nigeria still has politicians with ideology contrary to the belief in some quarters that politics of ideology is dead in the country.
According to him, the deceased stood to be counted in the struggle to restore democracy after long years of military rule which came into fruition in 1999.
He urged contemporary politicians to emulate the late Balarabe Musa’s style of politics without bitterness and putting the people first in their quest for power, saying Alhaji Abdulkadir Bàlàrabe Musa stood for good principles in governance.
