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Tukur Buratai: Past performance produces present privileges By Femi Oyewale

Tukur Buratai: Past performance produces present privileges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That’s the mark of a true professional. ~ Joe Paterno
Sahara Weekly Reports That Of a truth, past performance produces present privileges. This aptly describes Ambassador Tukur Buratai (CFR)  who remains an exceptional diplomat and whose service record speaks volumes of an unalloyed commitment to the Nigerian dream and an equally astonishing level of patriotism to those ideals that define us as a people and country.
Interestingly, only a few know that Ambassador Buratai is a humble man who is a perfect example of a man who beautifully has power but doesn’t use it.  A man of few words whose compassion Is the direct opposite of the archaic impression that military men are expressionless, mean, and authoritarian.
My encounters with him during his service years as the chief of army staff and currently as the Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Benin made me realize that he is an exceptional personality who is imbued with unusual intelligence, charisma, compassion, discipline, vision, and mission to help individuals, organizations, and nation interpret their dreams. He is a barrier breaker and a line crosser. This explains why he is grossly misunderstood by many who wonder how can one man be so favored and endowed with exceptional qualities and achievements. No wonder among his peers, he is greatly flavored.
He is a great listener with a listening ear, cool, calm, and collected. I can say with all modest that he is not the flamboyant type. Rather, he invests in human assets by helping them to interpret their dreams and visions.
Like someone rightly recalled the lofty exploits of Ambassador Tukur Buratai while he held sway as the chief of army staff. I call those days the impeccable days in the annals of the Nigerian Army in terms of strategy and tactics; Ambassador Tukur Buratai indeed came to the party.
The way and manner he was able to turn around the fortunes of the Nigerian Army were also outstanding and in record time. From a lethargic situation to a combatant position in less than a year, the result was felt across the country with regard to addressing the security situation in the country. That was the vintage Tukur Buratai.
Again, Ambassador Tukur Buratai was able to contribute his quota in service to the country because the President and Commander-in-Chief recognized his capacity to deliver in that critical assignment and eventually provided the enabling environment for him to flourish.
Truth be told, his nomination as a diplomat was indeed a masterstroke by President Muhammadu Buhari towards utilizing his wealth of experience in service to the country over the years.
His Excellency’s resume is rich and replete with acts of patriotism that would make any nation green with envy. Little wonder he was among notable Nigerians conferred with National Honours by President Buhari few days ago.
I quite agree with the fact that Buratai stands tall from the lot and I have no reservations in his strides as a politician. I am aware of his commitment to the Nigerian cause in the course of the several engagements he has had with the members of the intelligentsia community in Nigeria. He has always been robust in his thoughts and engagements which somewhat culminated in the numerous awards and engagements as speaker in a number of intelligent discourse.
Buratai is a lesson in history on what patriotism entails. His passion and energy towards the Nigerian cause cannot be questioned by any well-meaning Nigerian conversant with how he led the Nigerian Army in the prosecution of the war against insurgency and others. I made bold to say that Nigeria is yet to see or tap from the multidimensional leadership qualities embedded in this great General cum Ambassador. He is indeed like a moon among the stars.
Femi Oyewale

Sahara Weekly

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