Musa Abubakar Yusuf, is the Managing Director, Cooperative Mortgage Bank and a close friend of Elder Harrison. In a chat with The Unique Model magazine, he describes him as a man of high integrity, a father, a reliable friend and a role model to whom he would recommend to others to emulate.
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Sir, I am glad to meet you as we celebrate with the promoted Customs Officers here at the Integrity Christian Assembly International Cathedral. Can you introduce yourself?
My name is Musa Abubakar Yusuf, I am the Managing Director, Cooperative Mortgage Bank. I am here to celebrate with a friend, a father and a colleague, elder Harrison on his elevation as Comptroller in Customs.
How would you describe Comptroller Harrison and why come to celebrate with him?
Thank you very much, you see Comptroller Harrison, from the very first day I saw him, there are some people you will see and you have this connect with them, so from the very first day I saw him, there was this connect, infact, the way we interacted like we have known each other for many years, that actually brought us to this far, to where we are today. He has been very helpful in so many ways in my life and also to my organization and he is always there, when we need him. And for him to have this major promotion, it is something that we need to come and show our own appreciation. Not to him only but to God almighty for giving him and our prayer is that God will take him to a higher position than the Comptroller.
As you said, elder Harrison is a man of great integrity, his qualities, commitment to service of Customs and things of God, it’s not all Custom officers that have these attributes, what is your advice to the officers without the aforementioned qualities?
Committed to God I will tell you, I have learned also that aspect from Comptroller Harrison, you know some of us, we will say we are Christians, but for you to be a Christian, it has to show in every of your day to day activities and honestly I have learnt so much from Comptroller Harrison and I will pray that other young officers coming up, whether in Customs Services or in the civil service, anybody that is close to Comptroller Harrison, I will advice that they emulate what he does. In fact, he is a role model to me, and he is somebody that has very high integrity, that I will ask that people should relate with him and also follow in his footsteps.
What do you have to add more to your services, especially to Customs officers, since one of their leaders is a great man of Integrity?
I will say from what we have been doing so far with Nigerian Customs Service, we have been providing house for them, and other businesses that we have been doing, I will advice that from the way he started and where he is going, he has done a lot to the development where he is, I will advice the young officers coming on board, they should stand with what he had started, they shouldn’t come and change things to the way they would want it to fit into their selfish motive than them to do something that will show changes in the service not to themselves.
Let’s know your branches and head office?
We have branches all over 18 States, and we have an office in Abuja and our head office is in Ibadan.