…says donate the money to charity organizations.
Emmanuel lkpeama.
As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu celebrates his 72nd birthday on Friday March 29, 2024,he has enjoined all his friends and associates who may wish to place goodwill advertorials to kindly donate the money to charity organizations of their choice in his name.
The President who stated this in a press release through his Special Adviser on information and Strategy,Mr Bayo Onanuga noted that due to the insecurity challenge, the present mood of the nation and recent killings by the officers and men of the Army and Police in Delta state and recent spate of security breaches by criminals element in different parts of Nigeria have decided not to host any birthday celebration.
President Tinubu who described the birthday event as another important milestone in his life as a leader and a statesman noted that there should be no form of birthday celebration.
“During an auspicious occasion as this, it is customary for family members, friends and associates to celebrate me in different ways,l appreciates this honour of being the leader of Africa’s leading nation at this time and l am working very hard to make life better for the generality of our people and because of the present mood of the nation and recent killing of the officers and men of our Army and Police in Delta State and recent spate of security breaches by criminal elements in different parts of Nigeria, there should be no form of birthday event and placing of birthday goodwill advertorial messages in newspapers. Goodwill messages should not be placed on radio and television stations too”he submitted.
The Special Adviser went further to state that though the President appreciates the gallantry of the armed forces in freeing the children kidnapped in Kuriga, Kaduna State and in Sokoto State, he will use the opportunity of his birthday to reflect and re-dedicate himself to the task of building a more stable, more secure, virile, prosperous and united Nigeria.
