Balarabe Musa Death :Balarabe Musa Cause Of Death, How Former Governor Balarabe Died

<p><strong>Balarabe Musa Death&colon; Balarabe Musa Cause Of Death&comma; How Former Governor of Kaduna&comma;  Balarabe Musa Died has been shared by this reporter&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that <strong>Former Governor of Kaduna State&comma;  Balarabe Musa Died&period; The former <&sol;strong>Governor&comma; Balarabe Musa&comma; died on Wednesday morning in Kaduna at the age of 84&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The news of his death was confirmed by one of his sons&comma; Kallamu Balarabe-Musa&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This online news medium understands that Balarabe Musa who was the former National Chairman of the Peoples Redemption Party &lpar;PRP&rpar; to the News Agency of Nigeria &lpar;NAN&rpar; died at his residential home in Kaduna&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A source told our correspondent that  <strong> Balarabe Musa <&sol;strong>will be buried by 4 p&period;m&period; after funeral prayer at the Sultan Bello Mosque&comma; Kaduna according to Islamic rights&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><strong>Life And Times of Former Governor of Kaduna&comma;  Balarabe Musa<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to  News Agency of Nigeria&comma; Balarabe Musa was born on Aug&period; 21&comma; 1936&comma; in Kaya&comma; Kaduna State&comma; he studied at Zaria Middle School from 1947 to 1952 and at the Institute of Administration&comma; Zaria&comma; 1952 to 1953&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Musa&comma; who was an accounts clerk and a school teacher&comma; held various managerial positions related to accountancy from 1960 to 1976&comma; while studying at different colleges in London to gain additional qualifications&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He was elected governor of the old Kaduna State in 1979 on the platform of the PRP&comma; a party founded by late Mallam Aminu Kano&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As governor&comma; he was prevented from constituting a cabinet by the state house of assembly&comma; dominated by the opposition National Party of Nigeria &lpar;NPN&rpar; members&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Eventually&comma; the House impeached him in June 1981&comma; making him the first Nigerian state governor ever to be impeached&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He was the PRP candidate for the presidency in the 2003 elections&comma; and later Chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties &lpar;CNPP&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><strong> Former Governor of Kaduna&comma;  Balarabe Musa Quits Active Politics<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>On Aug&period; 31&comma; 2010&comma; Balarabe-Musa quit active politics due to health issues and announced his immediate resignation from the chairmanship of the PRP&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><strong> Former Governor of Kaduna&comma;  Balarabe Musa Last Interview With NAN<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>NAN also reports that Musa&comma; in the last interview he granted NAN on Oct&period; 4&comma; said that the aspirations of Nigeria could be achieved if both the leadership and followers resolved to play their part in earnest nation-building&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><strong> Former Governor of Kaduna&comma;  Balarabe Musa View Of Current Nigeria Before His Death<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Honestly&comma; the country has not fared well at 60&period; It is very disappointing that this is where we are&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;But things can be better&semi; we can still achieve the dreams of the founding fathers if we all play our role in nation-building&comma;<&sol;em>” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He urged leaders to always make the welfare and well-being of the people the focus of their policies and programmes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<h2>What <strong> Former Governor of Kaduna&comma;  Balarabe Musa Said About Restructuring Nigeria<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The former governor stressed that political and economic restructuring of the country was key for progress<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We need to restructure the country politically and economically&period; We need to ensure that power actually resides with the people&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The economic and political models we are currently operating only empower a few&period; Governments must be structured to impact positively on the masses&comma;<&sol;em>” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;