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Khalifa Isyaku Rabiu Was A Honest Investor, Rare Islamic Scholar – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has described a Kano Islamic scholar and billionaire businessman, Alhaji Isyaku Rabiu, who died in London yesterday, Tuesday, after a brief illness as a honest investor and rear scholar in Islam.

“No tribute can do justice to the amazing virtues of Isyaku Rabiu in view of his vast contributions to scholarship, industrial investments and development in the country.”

In a condolence message issued by his senior special assistant on media and publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, President Buhari noted that the late Isyaku Rabiu possessed remarkable qualities of combining scholarship and vast business investments that created job opportunities for hundreds of people.

According to him, late Isyaku Rabiu attained success through honest labour and resourcefulness which helped him to achieve fame in life, saying: “such virtues are not common in the context of today’s realities where many resort to some other means to gain success.”

 President Buhari advised the children of the deceased to build on the remarkable legacy of their father, reminding them that the best honour they could do to him is to live by his good examples.

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In his tribute too, the former Nigeria Vice President, Atiku Abubakar said that the death of Khalifa Isyaku Rabiu has robbed Northern Nigeria and the nation of one of its greatest and most enterprising investors who rose to prominence by sheer dint of hard work. 

According to Atiku: “Isyaku Rabiu’s successes and entrepreneurial spirit had motivated many younger Northern investors like myself who feel that, once you are resourceful, you can achieve success in every endeavour of life.

“Isyaku Rabiu didn’t attain success by mere luck, but used personal initiative to achieve his life’s goals.”

Atiku, who holds traditional title of Waziri Adamawa, noted that success is not for the timid or those who are afraid to take risks to achieve prosperity, even as he explained that Isyaku Rabiu was not only remarkable as a successful industrialist, but was also a great Islamic scholar who was widely respected. [myad]