I AM GRATFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. YOU OFFERED ME- DR MUSTAPHA ABDUL- HAMID

Ever since our paths crossed, and at every encounter with you, I have not forgotten to tell you how very grateful I am to Allah, that he decreed our meeting; for nothing happens except by the will of Allah. And I have never forgotten to remind you how very grateful I am to you for everything that I have become- you gave me permission to embark on my career as an academic and I thereby became a Senior Lecturer. 

  You, together with Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia paid my admission fee to enrol in a PhD. programme - I am a Doctor of Philosophy. You gave me the opportunity to speak for and on your behalf for 10 years, and I honed my communication skills. You made me Minister for Information; and that was the icing on the cake. You made me Minister for Inner Cities and Zongo Development; that got me to pay something back to my community.

  You made me Chief Executive of NPA, and it internationalised me and made me a global figure in the downstream petroleum industry because I got the opportunity to lead a continental body. My Masters in Energy Law is a bonus. You gave me a national honour (Grand Medal)- an honour reserved for a select few. 

  You taught me to dream big; you taught me that if my dreams don’t scare me, they aren’t big enough. Thanks to everything you have given and made me, I am at the cusp of a major breakthrough. 

  Sir, if all the seas were ink, and if all the trees were pens, they would not suffice for me to express my gratitude to you. Why am I proclaiming this? Because in talking about gratitude, Allah says, “And remember when your Lord proclaimed: ‘if you show gratitude, I shall give you more…” (Q: 14:7). And our Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW) said that, “s/he who can not show gratitude to humans, cannot show gratitude to God.” 

  I am grateful, Sir! And may Allah be kind to you; and may history vindicate you as it has your predecessors!

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