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Turkey: I Look Forward To 2023 When I’ll Return To My Farm – Buhari

DailyDatesNG — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 15:24:08 +0000

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, has marked his 79th birthday in Turkey, Daily Dates Nigeria reports.

In a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President, disclosed that Buhari: “cut a birthday cake moulded in national colours, green-white-green to start the day, went straight to chair a planning meeting with officials in his delegation and thereafter drove to the Dolmabahce Palace for a meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Tayyip Recep Erdogan.

“In response to the tribute on the occasion on behalf of the ministers and the rest of the delegation rendered by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, President Buhari said he will put in his best for Nigeria until the last day when in 2023 he hands over to a successor and returns to his farm to tender crops and livestock.

“I thought that being away from Abuja I will escape these things. The Guards Brigade had written to tell me what they wanted to do on this day. Now here you are doing this far away from home.

“I look forward to the year 2023 when I finish, to go home to take charge of my farm. Between now and that time, I will do the best that is possible to advance the interest of the nation and its people, and carry out my duties as prescribed by the Constitution,” he said.

As he stepped out of his suite moving to the meeting room, President Buhari met a surprise lineup of the Nigerian delegation with a cake decorated in Nigeria’s national colours.

The group broke into a chorus, as they began chanting “Happy Birthday, Mr. President.”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs who spoke on behalf of the delegation and the Ambassador of Nigeria to Turkey, Ismail Yusuf Abba, congratulated the President on the good work he is doing for the country, and wished him a happy birthday, many healthy years ahead and the energy to give his best to the nation.

Minister Onyeama noted in particular that the President continues to have a good run with his health, getting better and more active with time.

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Umahi Opened Door For More Defectors To APC – SGF

DailyDatesNG — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:11:03 +0000

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, has disclosed that the defection of Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Nweze Umahi, into the All Progressives Congress, APC, has led to recent defection to the party.

Boss Mustapha, revealed this when the Governor of Ebonyi State paid him a courtesy visit in his office.

The SGF thanked the Governor for setting the pace through his defection to the governing party, which has opened the door for more defectors to the party. He, therefore, assured him of Federal Government’s commitment to ensure that his state benefits from its infrastructural development which is one of the key agendas of President Muhammadu Buhari.

“I want to assure you that the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation would collaborate with you at every level to ensure that at least we offer all the support to your government so that the confidence you have reposed on Mr. President, by switching over. And you can see, your defection has caused the other two governors to defect and there still more coming so we’re still counting. Because you are been a pacesetter in this regard, we’ll try to do as much as we can to ensure that at least the state of Ebonyi, through collaborative effort is taken to a greater height in terms of infrastructural development, in terms of the benefits and the dividends of democracy getting to the people”.

The SGF stated that it was time to build bridges of unity and purposeful leadership across the country, and the Governor’s exemplary leadership has made him a bridge builder across all the divides.

Earlier, the Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Nweze Umahi commended the exemplary leadership of the SGF for serving as a unifying force to the nation and his effort in stemming the tide of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country.

The Governor said he owed his developmental feats in the State to the support he has been receiving from President Muhammadu Buhari and the SGF. He promised to continue to collaborate with the Federal Government to bring more development to the State.

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