One of the daughters of President Muhammadu Buhari, Halima, has described her father as a realistic person, pointing out that this is what she wants Nigerians to know about her father.
Halima stated this in a 55-minute video, put together by the Media and Publicity Department of the State House, which scheduled two-day television airing began with the National Television Authority (NTA) on Sunday 24 December, 2017 and expected to last till the following day of Monday 25 December on Channels Television.
The video documentary titled ‘The Human Side of President Buhari’, had ministers, aides of the President, and other members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) talking about their feelings on Buhari’s management style, reception to counsel and his major strength
According to Halima, her father advised her to study hard because he had nothing more to offer than education.
She described him as someone who is realistic, saying, “He came to my mother’s room and he said look, I have nothing. I have nothing for you. And if you want to study, study hard and make it because this is what I have for you – your education.
“So, you better buckle up and study hard. And since then, I still have his image, just standing by the wall and telling us that. And I realised just how lucky I am because in this society that we are in, I wonder how many fathers will tell their children that.
“He is a very realistic father. This is the reality. He is showing us reality. And he always talks to us about the leaders that passed away without leaving anything behind and it didn’t stop their children from making it.”
Other people who featured in the documentary were Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power, Works and Housing; Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity; Nasir El-Rufai, Kaduna State Governor.
