The National Orientation Agency, NOA, says it will monitor and ensure compliance to the directive for the National Flag to be flown at half-mast for seven days as directed by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

This is contained in a press statement signed by Paul Odenyi, Deputy Director, C&M issued to OSUNDAILY NG.

He said the Director General of the NOA, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu and NOA family joins Nigerians in mourning the passing of Nigeria’s former President, Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, a leader who left an indelible mark on the nation’s political and moral landscape.

He urged the people to comply with the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directive that the national flag be flown at half-mast for seven (7) days.

The DG said NOA will monitor and ensure compliance across public institutions nationwide.

The Agency also calls on private organisations and citizens to participate in this act of national mourning as a tribute to the former President’s legacy.

The Agency, however, encouraged all citizens to honour the former President not only through this gesture, but by living out the ideals of patriotism, discipline, and service which he championed throughout his life.

The Kano State Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party NNPP, Suleiman Hashimu Dungurawa, has debunked speculations that the Party’s 2023 Presidential Candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is decamping to ADC.

NNPP claimed that the questions of Kwankwaso joining ADC or any other party is just a miscalculation by politicians who are afraid of the leader of Kwankwasiyya Movements.

Dungurawa, who was speaking to Newsmen in Kano, Monday, hinted that Kwankwaso is not one of those pushover politicians who take decisions without appraising and deeply thinking about their consequences.

“Don’t forget, Kwankwaso today is the Political Leader of Northern Nigeria, and every Politician specifically in this region is looking up to him, so it will be malicious to say he is decamping out for now”.

The Chairman, asked, “why are Nigerian politicians panicking about Kwankwaso’s movements? let them calm down, the times of decision is yet to come, we are people who are too calculative. we don’t just take actions with due consideration”.

While answering questions of the fact that Kwankwaso was seen in places talking to other camps, Suleiman Dungurawa, said, “as a politician who has a PhD in the field, do you expect him to hide himself or dessert people, no way he can talk to anybody but that does not mean anything, is a normal things”.

He said, “those so called followers and supporters of Kwankwaso who are jittery about where he is going, they are pretending followers, but the genuine ones know that Kwankwaso doesn’t take any decisions without talking to them and seeking advice from as low as a ward supporter”.

Talking about the performances of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf in the last two years, the NNPP Chairman, said opposition are today overwhelmed by the works of the Governor to the extent that you don’t hear their voices.

“Governor Yusuf’s heavy infrastructural development overwhelmed the opposition they can’t even show their presence anywhere in Kano, that is why we are proud of what he is doing”.

Senate Minority Leader, Abba Moro, has expressed sorrow over the passing of former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died on Sunday in London.

Speaking on behalf of the Senate Minority Caucus, Moro described the former President as a true patriot and nationalist dedicated to preserving Nigeria’s unity.

He noted that Buhari’s death represents a significant loss to the nation.

The lawmaker extended the condolences of the Minority Caucus to Buhari’s immediate family, the Government of Katsina State, and the Federal Government.

He also prayed that Almighty Allah grant the former president eternal rest and peace.