Some
principal officers of the National Assembly, the wife of the president
as well as the vice president were reportedly absent as President Buhari
celebrates his 74th birthday.
President Muhammadu Buhari releasing pigeons during a special 74th Birthday Parade at the State House (Photo: Femi Adesina)
Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo
and principal officers of the National Assembly were conspicuously
absent when officers and men of the Presidential Brigade of Guards held a
special parade to mark President Muhammadu Buhari’s 74th birthday on
Saturday.
The parade which was held at the forecourt of the President’s
office inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja was attended by a few
ministers, presidential aides and service chiefs.
The brief event also featured the inspection of quarter guard,
inspection of the guard of honour, silent drill display, signing of a
birthday register, cutting of the birthday cake and the traditional
release of pigeons to signal peace.
Giant birthday cards were also presented to the President at the strictly military event.
In an interview with State House correspondents, the Chief of Defence Staff, Gabriel Olonishakin, said, “We
are celebrating the birthday of the President and we wish him well and
good health. We wish him all the goodness of God as he pilots the
affairs of our nation to greater heights.”
Those in attendance included the Secretary to the Government of the
Federation, Babachir Lawal; Chief of Staff to the President, Abba
Kyari; Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali; Minister of the Federal
Capital Territory, Muhammed Bello; and Minister of Information and
Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, among others.
Source: Punch
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