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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