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78th Birthday: Atiku Is A Democratic Champion, Philanthropist, Foremost Lover Of Nigeria And Nigerians—Chief Eze

<h4>&NewLine;78th Birthday<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People&&num;8217&semi;s Democratic Party &lpar;nPDP&rpar; and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress&comma; Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze has extended a warm felicitation to the former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the People&&num;8217&semi;s Democratic Party&comma; Atiku Abubakar GCON in commemoration of his birth 78th birthday anniversary&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement made available to the media&comma; the party chief described the former Vice President as a detribalized Nigerian whose unwavering sense of patriotism to national ideals and immutable sacrifices to the development of our democracy remain a bastion of inspiration to the younger generation of leaders&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Excerpt from the statement reads &&num;8211&semi; <em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;I wish to sincerely join well meaning Nigerians to identify with one of Africa&&num;8217&semi;s revered democrats and a politician of international repute&comma; former Vice President Atiku Abubakar&comma; GCON&comma; the Waziri Adamawa&comma; as he turned 78 on November 25&&num;8230&semi;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chief Eze said November 25&comma; is symbolic in view of the fact that it marks the birthday anniversary of a thorough-bred politician&comma; humane&comma; Philanthropist of note&comma; amiable&comma; admirable&comma; remarkable and an exceptional individual &&num;8211&semi; who has devoted his life to rendering selfless service to mankind&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Atiku Abubakar is a worthy politician and an illustrious son of Adamawa&semi; As leader per excellence&comma; Eze said he cannot help but feel grateful to God for the tireless efforts exhibited by the former VP to place Nigeria on the path of socio-economic and political prosperity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;In deed&comma; you are a definition of who a true champion of the people and democracy is&comma; going by your antecedents as Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s most admired politician and the highest employer of labour in the North-East outside government&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>By his huge presence and visible contributions in Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s political landscape&comma; spanning over three decades&comma; Eze said Atiku has steadily demonstrated commitment towards the emancipation and uplift of the down trodden&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His unassuming passion for social justice&comma; respect for rule of law&comma; equality&comma; and freedom has inspired countless Nigerians to get involved in the political process and become great politicians&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As a visionary&comma; pragmatic and proactive leader&comma; he said the PDP Presidential candidate has all through the years&comma; as a seasoned politician&comma; shown enviable leadership skills&comma; guiding the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Peoples Democratic Party &lpar;PDP&rpar;&comma;<&sol;a> to becoming a force to reckon with in Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s democratic governance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;Without mincing words&comma; I make bold to state in the strongest term that your political sagacity&comma; integrity&comma; honesty&comma; business acumen and ability to mobilize men and resources have earned you enormous respect and admiration from Nigerians both at home and in the Diaspora&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>As we celebrate and mark your birthday anniversary&comma; I feel delighted and privileged to honour you for your dedication&comma; perseverance&comma; and selflessness in championing the course of good democratic governance in Nigeria&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Let me remind you at this juncture that not a few Nigerians acknowledge the sacrifices you have made for the greater good of the country and we sincerely express our deepest gratitude for your services to this nation&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>From our stable&comma; and on behalf of my family&comma; I wish you many more years of leadership&comma; wisdom&comma; and compassion&period; Happy birthday to our beloved most renowned Africa&&num;8217&semi;s democrat and politician&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>It is pertinent for me to state here that as a true democrat&comma; proactive and visionary politician&comma; many Nigerians are still yearning and praying for your kind of humane and purposeful leadership that relegated discrimination&comma; tribalism&comma; sectionalism&comma; nepotism and favouritism to the backdrop&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Ever since you and former President Olusegun Obasanjo left office in 2007&comma; Nigeria has continued gradually to slide into a lawless and failed state due to clueless successors and morally debased political leaders and ethnic bigots at the corridors of power&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Even your worst&comma; habitual and armchair critics have attested to the fact that if not for the obvious flaws and continued interference in Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s electoral system by the supposed umpire&comma; the Independent National Electoral Commission &lpar;INEC&rpar;&comma; Nigeria under your presidency would have been let out of the woods and jaws of bad leadership&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>They conspire&comma; betray&comma; blackmail and backstab you because they know the stuff you are made of&period; The fear of the name Atiku&comma; is the beginning of wisdom for politicians in the country&period; Any bootlicking hangers-on and political pauper&comma; who has not dropped Atiku&&num;8217&semi;s name to curry favour&comma; has not started playing politics&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>As a rallying point of progressive democrats&comma; many Nigerians know that your visible and tremendous achievements as a politician of high repute&comma; far outweigh your few minuses&period; It is understandable because nobody is 100 percent perfect&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Your Excellency Sir&comma; God has indeed been very kind to you&comma; raising you from an obscure background to limelight as a Vice President of Nigeria&period; Remain blessed Sir&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Unlike some mentally deranged political neophytes and power drunk politicians&comma; you have never allowed power to intoxicate or overwhelm you&comma; making you to stand out as one of Africa&&num;8217&semi;s most admired and followed politician&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>You are a living legend&comma; an iconoclast and a lovely but caring father who has continued to exhibit uncommon humility&comma; nobility and selfless leadership to Nigerians&comma; irrespective of their political leaning&comma; ethnicity or religious affiliation&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>To the Waziri Adamawa&comma; this is just to celebrate you at 78&period; May God continually protect and guide you all the days of your life&comma; in good health&comma; happiness and prosperity&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Peace and prosperity are the priceless gifts always for every patriotic citizen like you&period; Thank you for your contributions towards laying a proper foundation for Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s democracy to excel&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Happy Birthday His Excellency&comma; Atiku Abubakar &lpar;GCON&rpar;&comma; Waziri Adamawa&comma; Former Vice President&comma; Federal Republic of Nigeria&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;26423" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-26423" style&equals;"width&colon; 224px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-26423" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;08&sol;images-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"78th Birthday&colon; Atiku Is A Democratic Champion&comma; Philanthropist&comma; Foremost Lover Of Nigeria And Nigerians---Chief Eze" width&equals;"224" height&equals;"225" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-26423" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;

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