{"id":26638,"date":"2020-06-12T21:10:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T20:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=26638"},"modified":"2020-06-12T21:10:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T20:10:57","slug":"jonathan-greets-abdulsalami-at-78-highlights-his-role-in-promoting-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=26638","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan greets Abdulsalami at 78, highlights his role in promoting peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv5142109910MsoNormal\">Former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has felicitated with ex-Head of State General Abdusalami Abubakar on the occasion of his 78<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0birthday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5142109910MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The former President described Abubakar who turns 78 on Saturday as a great asset to the nation. In a goodwill message he personally signed, \u00a0Dr. Jonathan recalled the\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"X-NONE\">noble role\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Gen. Abdulsalmi<\/span><span lang=\"X-NONE\">\u00a0played in the peaceful transfer of power from\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">m<\/span><span lang=\"X-NONE\">ilitary\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">rule\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"X-NONE\">to\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">c<\/span><span lang=\"X-NONE\">ivilian administration<\/span><span lang=\"X-NONE\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">which gave birth to the 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Republic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5142109910MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">He also highlighted the role Abubakar has been playing towards promoting peace and unity of the country since leaving office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5142109910MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The message said: \u201c<\/span><span lang=\"X-NONE\">I congratulate you, family members, friends, and well-wishers on your 78th birthday. You are a statesman and patriot whose deep commitment to the progress and development of our great country is not in doubt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5142109910MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u201c<\/span><span lang=\"X-NONE\">Every year, as our nation marks\u00a0 it&#8217;s democracy day,\u00a0 your name is a recurring theme in the story of Nigeria\u2019s democratic consolidation for the\u00a0 noble role you played in the peaceful transfer of power from Military to Civilian administration;\u00a0 a feat that gave birth to the current Fourth Republic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5142109910MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u201c<\/span><span lang=\"X-NONE\">You are\u00a0 a great asset to Nigeria, as a\u00a0 leader,\u00a0 you have\u00a0 promoted peace and unity\u00a0 in Nigeria and across the globe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5142109910MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u201c<\/span><span lang=\"X-NONE\">Even in retirement, you have been on the course of nation-building as it can be seen in your dynamic role as the chairman of the National Peace Committee.<\/span><span lang=\"X-NONE\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"X-NONE\">As you celebrate, I pray for more years of God&#8217;s guidance, wisdom, peace, and sound health.<\/span><span lang=\"X-NONE\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"X-NONE\">On behalf of my family, I wish you a happy birthday.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has felicitated with ex-Head of State General Abdusalami Abubakar on the occasion of his 78th\u00a0birthday. The former President described Abubakar who turns 78 on Saturday as a great asset to the nation. In a goodwill message he personally signed, \u00a0Dr. Jonathan recalled the\u00a0noble role\u00a0Gen. Abdulsalmi\u00a0played in the peaceful transfer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":26639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1704,1705,147],"class_list":["post-26638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-1704","tag-abdulsalam","tag-jonathan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}