Former Minister of state for Works and Special Adviser on Special Duties to the Vice President, Senator Isaiah Balat is dead.
Balat who served in the Federal Executive Council in 1999 and was later elected as senator representing Kaduna Southern Senatorial district died at the National Hospital, Abuja of an undisclosed ailment.
Balat who served in the Federal Executive Council in 1999 and was later elected as senator representing Kaduna Southern Senatorial district died at the National Hospital, Abuja of an undisclosed ailment.
Aged 62, Senator Balat was a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna state and contested the governorship election of the state but lost at the primaries to the current Vice President, Mohammed Namadi Sambo.
Reacting to the death of Senator Balat, Kaduna state governor, Mukhtar Ramalan Yero expressed shock and sadness over the death, pointing out that the death was a ‘big loss’ not only to his immediate family and Kaduna State but to the entire country.
The Director General to the governor on Media and Publicity, Ahmed Maiyaki quoted the governor as saying that “this unfortunate demise of the late Senator Balat is coming at a time that our state and indeed the entire country needed his experience and patriotic zeal the most. We have lost a rare gem, who dedicated his lifetime to the service of fatherland and humanity.”
“Balat has exhibited the true essence of sacrifice as one of the leading lights of our present democratic dispensation. History will judge him fairly as one of those who gave their all in building a modern, peaceful and prosperous Nigeria.”
The Director General to the governor on Media and Publicity, Ahmed Maiyaki quoted the governor as saying that “this unfortunate demise of the late Senator Balat is coming at a time that our state and indeed the entire country needed his experience and patriotic zeal the most. We have lost a rare gem, who dedicated his lifetime to the service of fatherland and humanity.”
“Balat has exhibited the true essence of sacrifice as one of the leading lights of our present democratic dispensation. History will judge him fairly as one of those who gave their all in building a modern, peaceful and prosperous Nigeria.”
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