The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has directed that special prayers and thanksgiving service be held on Wednesday to mark his 71st birthday instead of the annual birthday colloquium.
A statement from his office on Monday issued by his media officer, Tunde Rahman, indicated that special prayers would be offered at the Central Mosque in each of the five divisions in Lagos State including the Central Mosque in Alausa area of Ikeja.
The statement noted that prayers would further be held for the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , and the First Lady, Aisha Buhari; Tinubu’s wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu; Vice President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima and his spouse, Hajia Nana Shettima; Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; his counterparts in other states as well as members of the National and state Houses of Assemblies.
This year will be the third in recent times that the birthday colloquium would not hold in deference to developments in the country. According to him, it would not be proper as a statesman to be celebrating when such a tragedy befell the nation.
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