HON. IBRAHIM KABIR MASARI: THE QUIET WEIGHT OF CHARACTER

There is an old Hausa saying, ‘nagari na kowa, mugu na kansa’ – A good person belongs to everyone, while a bad person belongs only to himself. This saying succinctly captures the place of character in the Hausa moral imagination. A man’s worth is not ultimately measured by the office he occupies, the wealth he commands, or the company he keeps, but by the goodness he leaves in the lives of those he encounters. It is in this enduring sense that I have come to regard Hon. Ibrahim Kabir Masari as a true ‘mutumin kirki’ – a good man.