I feel so proud and honoured to celebrate a brother, friend and a mentor, Professor Mohammed Sulaiman Audu, the immediate past Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Federal University Lokoja, on the auspicious occasion of his birthday.
Sir, your life has been a quiet testimony of selflessness, sacrifice, and unwavering integrity, and you have given so much of yourself, often without recognition, often without complaint.
Yet, you have remained professionally unblemished and profoundly humane in your personal relationships. Your consistency of character is rare, and your strength of conscience even rarer.
You carry responsibility with grace, serve with a pure heart, and lead without noise or arrogance. You have lifted others even when it cost you comfort, stood firm when compromise was easier, and chosen honour when shortcuts were available.
Your guidance has shaped decisions, steadied moments of doubt, and inspired confidence in those privileged to walk beside you.
To know you is to understand what it truly means to be dependable, principled, and compassionate. You have been a refuge in difficult times, a voice of reason in moments of confusion, and a steady presence when clarity was most needed. Many lives, including mine, are better because of your counsel, kindness, and example.
On this special day, I pray that life returns to you, in abundance, the goodness you have poured into others. May the years ahead bring you deep fulfilment, sound health, inner peace, and the quiet joy that comes from a life well lived.
May your sacrifices be honoured, your path continually illuminated, and your impact multiplied beyond measure.
May the days ahead be even greater than those behind you.
Congratulations, Sir.
Sincerely,
Professor (Chief) Salisu Ogbo Usman
Rector, Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja
