A Tale of Discipline and Integrity: The story of Shehu Shagari and the presidential jet In the First Republic, Shehu Shagari served as Private Secretary to Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. On one occasion, Balewa’s mother was visiting him in Lagos. While the Prime Minister travelled to Kaduna for an NPC convention, Shagari was assigned to attend to her. During his absence, the elderly woman became homesick and insisted on returning home immediately. Shagari tried to persuade her to wait for her son’s return, but when she refused, he arranged, thinking...