President Muhammadu Buhari and the President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan have joined other prominent Nigerians to send warm greetings to former military President, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida on his 79th birthday.
Buhari, in a statement from the office of Femi Adesina, his spokesman said “as the former military leader turns a new age, the President believes his services to the country will always be remembered.
“President Buhari prays that the Almighty God will continually strengthen Gen. Babangida, grant him good health and longer life”.
In the same vein, the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, said that the General and former Nigerian leader can be proud of his contributions to the defence of the territorial integrity, unity, and political and sociology-economic development of Nigeria.
The Senate President noted that President Babangida has remained passionate about Nigeria more than two decades after his exit from active public service.
Lawan urged the elder statesman to continue to avail those in leadership positions the benefits of his experience and wise counsel for the unity, stability and progress of the nation.
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