Immediate-past representative of Rivers South-East
Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Magnus
Ngei Abe, has revealed what a former Minister of Petroleum,
late Professor Tam David-West, told him every evening
during his (Abe) political challenges.
He described the former Minister as a great man, whoaffected people in many different ways.
He said the late David-West was one of the founding fathers
of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), having served
as a member of the merger committee that gave birth to the
party.
Abe in a statement issued to DAILY POST by his
spokesperson, Parry Saroh Benson, further described the
late Professor of Virology as an accomplished scholar who
had a sense of justice and a commitment to truth that never
wavered.
The Senator said, “Yesterday I was at the University of
Ibadan to attend the commendation service of late
Professor Tam David-West.
“For me, it was a very personal journey, Prof. was a great
man, he affected people in many different ways, as an
accomplished scholar, a former commissioner and a two-
time federal minister.
“Politically, Professor Tam David-West was one of the
founding fathers of the APC, as a member of the merger
committee that gave birth to the party.
“In all this, he had a sense of justice and a commitment to
truth that never wavered.
“For almost six months through a very turbulent period in my
life, professor Tam David-West called me religiously every
evening to say, ‘I just finished praying for you, don’t worry,
you will be fine.’
“I can write a book, about his integrity, personal discipline,
spartan lifestyle that was completely at odds with our love
of luxury and opulence.
“The commendation service was classic, no long grammar,
no wasteful expenditure, no unnecessary frivolity.
“In an hour, thirty minutes it was all over and the great soul
was on his way home.
“A fitting farewell to a different kind of Leader.”
Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Magnus
Ngei Abe, has revealed what a former Minister of Petroleum,
late Professor Tam David-West, told him every evening
during his (Abe) political challenges.
He described the former Minister as a great man, whoaffected people in many different ways.
He said the late David-West was one of the founding fathers
of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), having served
as a member of the merger committee that gave birth to the
party.
Abe in a statement issued to DAILY POST by his
spokesperson, Parry Saroh Benson, further described the
late Professor of Virology as an accomplished scholar who
had a sense of justice and a commitment to truth that never
wavered.
The Senator said, “Yesterday I was at the University of
Ibadan to attend the commendation service of late
Professor Tam David-West.
“For me, it was a very personal journey, Prof. was a great
man, he affected people in many different ways, as an
accomplished scholar, a former commissioner and a two-
time federal minister.
“Politically, Professor Tam David-West was one of the
founding fathers of the APC, as a member of the merger
committee that gave birth to the party.
“In all this, he had a sense of justice and a commitment to
truth that never wavered.
“For almost six months through a very turbulent period in my
life, professor Tam David-West called me religiously every
evening to say, ‘I just finished praying for you, don’t worry,
you will be fine.’
“I can write a book, about his integrity, personal discipline,
spartan lifestyle that was completely at odds with our love
of luxury and opulence.
“The commendation service was classic, no long grammar,
no wasteful expenditure, no unnecessary frivolity.
“In an hour, thirty minutes it was all over and the great soul
was on his way home.
“A fitting farewell to a different kind of Leader.”
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