My health has improved due to your prayers – Buhari tells Nigerians.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday paid tribute to patriotic Nigerians who have been organizing prayer sessions on his behalf concerning his health challenges saying their prayers have been answered because he now feels much better and energized to take the country to greater heights.

Buhari said this when he paid a condolence visit to the family of late prominent Kano businessman and community leader, Alhaji Audu Adahama on Saturday.

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement in Abuja, said the President’s condolence message was delivered by the Minister of Interior, Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd).

Describing the death of the prominent Kano businessman and community leader as a painful loss, Buhari said the deceased had lived a worthy life.

He said late Adahama had paid “his dues in full to his community, the Customs which he served with diligence and the country as a loyal and dutiful citizen’’.

Buhari used the opportunity to thank the people of Kano State for their profuse prayers and good wishes in the period he was away receiving treatment.

“Allah has accepted your prayers and we are thankful to you for joining other Nigerians in saying those prayers for me and the nation.

“On behalf of my family, the government and the people of the entire country; please accept our heartfelt condolences,’’ he said.

Former Chairman of the Kano Chamber of Commerce and a family member, Alhaji Saidu Adahama in his response, thanked the President for his interest in the well-being of the family and the people of Kano.

According to him, Kano will always be for President Buhari.

The late Adahama, a former customs officer, died at the age of 78 and left behind four children, including Nasiru Adahama, the Special Assistant to the President on Youth.

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