Dr Marliya Zayyana a family doctor of President Muhammadu Buhari has passed on.
She was also the former chairperson of the governing council, Federal University Dutsinma, Katsina State.
The president said in a condolence message on Friday evening by his spokesman Garba Shehu that Zayyana was an outstanding medical professional.
“Marliya was not only a distinguished medical doctor, but she was also a woman of integrity as her tenure at the Federal University Dutsinma had testified,” he said.
The president noted that “her demise is particularly touching because she was my family doctor in addition to the fact that her brother, Dr Suhayb Rafindadi, is also my personal physician.”
Buhari also commiserated with the deceased’s family, Katsina Emirate Council and the Katsina State Government over what he called “the loss of this great, talented, dedicated and selfless medical professional.”
