President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday, July 17, 2025, renamed the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), after the late former President Muhammadu Buhari University, hence, the university is now Muhammadu Buhari University (MBU).
Announcing the honour at the season of tributes of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), to his late predecessor, Tinubu admitted that Buhari is not a perfect man but he was a good and honourable man.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his late predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari
He said, “President Buhari was not a perfect man – no leader is – but he was, in every sense of the word, a good man, a decent man, an honourable man. His record will be debated, as all legacies are, but the character he brought to public life, the moral force he carried, the incorruptible standard he represented, will not be 4forgotten. His was a life lived in full service to Nigeria, and in fidelity to God.”
“Now, he rests. And we who remain must carry the memory of his life as a standard to guide us. Let us honour him not only with words, but with humility in power, discipline in service, compassion in governance, and fearlessness in the pursuit of justice”, he concluded.
