As I landed this week in Yola, the state capital of Adamawa, amidst all these aspirations for the great Fombina, as the region is historically referred to, I was beset with a renewed melancholy at the loss of one of the greatest sons of Adamawa, and Nigeria's foremost public servant and academic, Dr. Mahmud Tukur, who in his lifetime had epitomised a brand of active patriotism hinged on developing capacities of people and promoting values at all cost.
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