President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with former President Goodluck Jonathan on his 63rd birthday, declaring that his was a life of service that had brought honour and goodwill to the country.
\nJonathan, Buhari\u2019s immediate predecessor, clocks 63, today.
\nThe President\u2019s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in a statement, yesterday, in Abuja, quoted Buhari as noting with appreciation, the peculiar and remarkable climb of the former president on Nigeria\u2019s political ladder.
\nThe president also noted with delight Jonathan\u2019s dedication that had kept him working most recently as ECOWAS envoy to bring peace to the Republic of Mali.
\nBuhari prayed that the almighty God would grant Jonathan longer life, good health and more wisdom to keep serving the nation and humanity.
\nBefore he became President in 2010, Jonathan had served as Vice President to his predecessor, President Umaru Yar\u2019Adua, succeeding him after his death on May 5, 2010.
\nUntil his nomination as Yar\u2019Adua\u2019s running mate for the 2007 presidential contest, Jonathan had served as governor of Bayelsa State, after he succeeded his impeached boss, the late Diepreye Alamieyesiegha.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with former President Goodluck Jonathan on his 63rd birthday, declaring that his was a life of service that had brought honour and goodwill to the country. Jonathan, Buhari\u2019s immediate predecessor, clocks 63, today. The President\u2019s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in a statement, yesterday, in Abuja, quoted Buhari as noting with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":242552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[688],"class_list":["post-247138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","tag-front-pix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=247138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/242552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=247138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=247138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=247138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}