“I took it the way it came...Of course, I expected that I will be reappointed (as minister) says Adebayo Shittu.

“I took it the way it came...Of course, I expected that I will be reappointed (as minister) but when it didn’t happen, as a Muslim, it didn’t take me five minutes before I accepted that what has come, it’s the will of God.

“I have also found comfort in a Quranic verse where God promised that what is to come later is better than what is with you now.

“I see myself as a beloved of God. I have come a long way and I have served at the state and national levels. The experience that I have garnered over the last three and half years can't be purchased from the stores or from the market.

"It is not how long one stays in public office but how well you're able to distinguish yourself. “I want to thank God that I am one politician who has a second address in the sense that, if I am not a minister, I will be doing some other productive things which will also contribute to national development.

“Of course, I would have wished that I have other opportunity to serve. I believe the chapter of my public service is not closed. “As a lawyer of about 40 years, I now have my chambers in Abuja. So now, I am back in practice. “I have been a local politician for almost 40 years before the opportunity to serve at the national level."

■ Words of a former Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu.