 May 5th, 2021 marked exactly 11 years since the curtains fell on the former president of Nigeria, Umar Yaredua, who was sworn in as the president on May 29th, 2007 and died in power at the age of 58 in 2010. In his memoriam, social commentators have highlighted some of the things he can be remembered for. Our correspondent, Yashin Tobuiku, has more. Even before he assumed power as Nigeria's president on May 29th, 2007, having finished his 80 years as governor of Karsina State, Yaredua was already in poor health and had been hospitalized for a serious ailment which made him to stay out of office for months. At that time, Sayaredua's ailment raised concerns over the fragility of Nigerian democratic experiment. Lots have been said about the late 13th president of Nigeria, and more is still been said of him as regards to his style of leadership. Remember him for being the first person to declare his assets and then ask that it be made public. Today, we talk about assets declaration and making that public. Yaredua went against the run-of-play to ask that his asset declaration forms and all what he feared be made public. With the benefit of hindsight, we realize now that probably had greater intention than his ill health allowed him. And I remember also that one of the first things he did when he got into office was to reduce the phone price of petroleum. Also remember that the CBN governor at the time re-denominates our currency at that time and President Yaredua had stood him down on that saying that he was about to conduct his surgery on the currency that didn't need his surgery. He should be remembered for bringing relative pigs to the southern region of Nigeria because neither to nobody seemed to have a clue on how to pacify the militants that have been blowing up oil installations in that part of the country. But when it came and offered the amnesty, the kidnap of oil workers and blowing up pipelines are subsided. His death while still in office has also posed concerns on the health status of public office holders. As Nigeria remembers its late president, it is perhaps an opportunity for the leadership to build on the values President Umarumus Yaredua built and attempted to introduce and the national quality.