"If you want to be a nice man, you can go and sell ice cream, but leadership requires you to take very harsh decisions."
- Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima reemphasized today at the Invest Lagos 3.0 event.
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RICH IN FRIENDS, POOR IN RICHES: THE ADAMU ADAMU STORY
I once saw a former minister leave office without a personal car, waiting for a friend to pick him up after handing over. If I had not witnessed it myself, I probably would not have believed it. In a system where public office is often treated as a shortcut to wealth, the sight was both rare and striking.
Good leaders still exist, though they are few and far between. Mallam Adamu Adamu is one of them.
An accountant by training and a respected veteran journalist, Mallam Adamu entered public service with little more than his reputation and left in much the same condition. He never built another house for himself. Apart from the modest four-bedroom house he owned in Azare before becoming a minister, that remains all he has to his name. Today, he is alive and well, yet lives modestly—not out of misfortune, but by choice.
He saw money in office and refused to touch what was not his. Such restraint is rare. In Nigeria’s political culture, where access to public funds is too often mistaken for entitlement, Mallam Adamu’s conduct stands out because it reflects what public service ought to be: serving without helping oneself to the public treasury.
Generosity was another of his defining qualities. He was never afraid of being poor because he spent what little he had supporting those with even less. Students, widows, and young journalists who crossed his path can testify to his kindness. He may not possess material wealth, but he is rich in relationships—surrounded by friends, former colleagues, and loyal associates who remain loyal without expecting anything in return.
Our friendship dates back to his days at the New Nigerian Newspaper, where his reputation for discipline, honesty, and frankness was already well established. What I saw then remains unchanged today. At a time when corruption scandals are measured in trillions, Mallam Adamu Adamu’s life is a reminder that integrity in public service is still possible.
The apple does not fall far from the tree. Adamu Adamu belongs in the tradition of Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Nigeria’s first Prime Minister, and Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto—leaders who chose duty over personal gain and left behind legacies of honour and service.
He entered office poor. He left office poor. Yet in doing so, he preserved something far more enduring: his name.
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