“Birthday Is No More Than Just Another Day in the Office”, Buhari Says, Sends Staff Back to Work
- President Buhari has appreciated Nigerians for celebrating with him on his 80th birthday anniversary
- According to his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, Buhari read each of the birthday cards sent to him at the Presidential Villa in Abuja
- Meanwhile, immediately after the president finished reading the cards, he reportedly sent everybody back to work
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, December 19, appreciated Nigerians and his teeming well-wishers for celebrating him on his 80th birthday.
The president, in a statement on his Facebook page, said he even attempted to bypass the celebration by trying to fix his return journey from the US on that day. A move he admitted did not go according to plan.
Source: Facebook
Meanwhile, The Nation Newspaper reports that in a statement by his senior special assistant on media and publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the president was said to have read each of the birthday cards sent to him at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The statement added that while addressing some of the presidential staff and personal aides who gathered to celebrate him, Buhari said a birthday is no more than just another day in the office.
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Shehu added that President Buhari read one card after the other and ordered everyone back to their offices while he led the way to his office building.
Buhari At 80: President saved Nigeria from collapsing, says APC chieftain
Meanwhile, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Obidike Chukwuebuka, hailed President Buhari as he celebrated his 80th birthday anniversary.
The member of the APC presidential campaign council, contact and mobilization, said Buhari saved Nigeria from collapsing.
Obidike who hails from Anambra also appreciated the president for the construction of the Second Niger Bridge and other various federal roads in the southeast.
Tinubu salutes Buhari at 80, commends president’s commitment to nation-building
On his part, the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said President Buhari is patriotic and noble.
Tinubu further described President Buhari as a man with a commitment to nation-building.
He further eulogised the president, describing him as a man that possesses the qualities of selflessness and uncommon zeal.
Source: Legit.ng
