President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday the country will remain ever grateful for the meritorious and exemplary roles the late Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi played in national growth.

Buhari, in a statement issued in Abuja yesterday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, hailed Gbadamosi’s contributions as a minister, a former chairman of the Bank of Industry (BoI) and the Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency (PPPRA).

He commiserated with the government and people of Lagos State on the passing on of the former Minister of National Planning.

Buhari extended his condolences to all family members, friends and professional colleagues of the late acclaimed economist, eminent industrialist, playwright and promoter of arts and culture.

He urged them to be consoled by the fact that Gbadamosi’s contributions in these diverse fields of life would be appreciated for a long time.
“There is no doubting the fact that the economic development of Nigeria was always uppermost in his mind,’’ the President reminisced about the ex-development expert.