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| President Goodluck Jonathan |
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday marked his fifth
anniversary as a substantive President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Jonathan, following the
death of former President Umaru Yar’Adua and his declaration as Acting
President through the doctrine of necessity introduced by the National
Assembly, became substantive President on 6th of May, 2010.
President Jonathan, who
arrived for the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting took all the
Ministers in attendance by surprise.
The Nation reports:
After the national anthem
and national pledge have been rendered, Jonathan threw a poser at the Ministers
that one of them was marking his birthday and the national prayer would be
replaced by prayers by Christian and Muslim members before the Council can settle
for the business of the day.
The Ministers looked
round at one another in awe to see the particular Minister who was marking his
birthday.
When they didn’t know the
name of the person, the President then reminded them that 6th of May, 2015
marks his 5th year anniversary as substantive President.
They all responded by
clapping before the Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo said the Christian
prayer while the Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda said the Muslim
prayer.
After the national
pledge, Jonathan said: “Today, we will not say the national prayer. Somebody is
celebrating birthday so we will offer special prayers for him. Two very Godly
people will pray, Nebo and Yuguda. Do you know the person?”
When they could not answer,
he said: “On May 6, exactly five years today, I was sworn-in as substantive
President.”
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