Family sources said he had been on admission in Egypt for over a month. His younger brother, Saminu Garba, said the family was making arrangements for the return of his corpse to Nigeria for burial.
Born on June 21, 1957, the Late Garba was the chairman of Media Trust Limited’s board committee on editorial and production until late last year when he moved to the contact and business committee.
Garba had, three years ago at the 20th anniversary of Media Trust Ltd, narrated how the
Daily Trust, then Weekly Trust, started in a small building which he described as his house “boys quarters”.
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Abuja Declaration: broken promises
African nations have largely defaulted on a 2001 pledge to commit at least 15% of their annual budgets to healthcare
Africa has so far seen controversial and even dramatic policy measures in response to the coronavirus crisis. From Tanzania withholding infection and fatality data as the government pushed conspiracy theories, to Egypt’s clampdown on citizens disagreeing with the government’s handling of the pandemic, to Madagascar’s promotion of a botanical brew as an antidote without following the standard scientific approval steps, the continent has had its share of the blunders that have helped exacerbate the crisis globally. Few, however, have seemed as ironic as Nigeria’s fiscal response at the peak of the crisis.