According to Buhari, the late Ocholi was fully committed and loyal to Nigeria, loyal to the All Progressives Congress, and loyal to his administration.
Buhari noted that Ocholi was part of the change cabinet determined to bring Nigeria out of the trying times and place it among the greats in the comity of nations.
The President declared that Ocholi will be ‘sorely missed’.
Buhari writes tribute to Ocholi
A copy of President Muhammadu Buhari’s full tribute to Ocholi has been available to The Nation.
Read below:
James Ocholi Taught Us The Meaning Of Loyalty
How do I begin to pay this tribute to a man who was the epitome of civility, the archetype of intellectualism, and the paragon of loyalty? How do I begin to mourn James Ocholi, whom you can describe as one of my right hand men in the quest to reposition our country, and fashion a land of peace and prosperity, where no man is oppressed?
A lot has been written about Ocholi since the tragic event of March 6, 2016, which took the life of our Minister of State, Labour and Employment, his wife, Blessing, and his son, Joshua. And a lot more will be written, for Ocholi was no mean man.
He was a man among men, an Iroko in a forest of trees. How are the mighty fallen!
Among many other positive and pleasant things, I will always remember Ocholi for his loyalty to our beloved country Nigeria, loyalty to our party, the All Progressives Congress, and loyalty to our administration, in which he had served for just about 4 months, before death took him.
In 2011, Ocholi ran to be governor of Kogi state on the platform of our then party, Congress for Progressive Change (CPC). I believed so much in him, and in his ability to add value to the governance of his state, that I followed him round the state on campaign. We visited all the local governments, visited the paramount rulers, and urged the people to vote in a worthy man as governor. But politics is a peculiar game in Nigeria. The best often does not win.
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