Abba Kyari, who tried to clean up Nigeria, dies of covid-19

The president’s chief of staff was dismayed by the state’s decay


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  • 04 23, 2020
  • in Middle East and Africa

IT WAS AThe EconomistThe Economist Today rare display of emotion by Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s phlegmatic president. In a written tribute to Abba Kyari, his chief of staff, who died in Lagos on April 17th after catching covid-19, Mr Buhari told of how his “dearest friend” of more than 40 years tried to improve governance and reduce corruption in Africa’s most populous country. He was “the very best of us”, wrote the president.

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