Wife of the
President, Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, did not celebrate her 46th birthday
yesterday as a show of feelings for Nigerians who are suffering and the
underprivileged.
The Director
of Information in the Office of the Wife of the President, Suleiman Haruna,
disclosed this in a chat with our correspondent last night.
“She did not
celebrate her birthday. She only marked it with the distribution of gifts to
patients in some hospitals in Abuja. Even at her residence, there was no party
or any celebration. Why should she celebrate when so many people are suffering?
There are many internally displaced persons in various IDP camps,” he said.
Earlier in a
statement yesterday, Haruna had quoted Mrs Buhari as calling on the privileged
Nigerians “to do more in the lives of the less privileged with a view to
increasing the feeling of humanity among citizens.”
He said Mrs
Buhari made the call during the distribution of gift packs to patients at
Asokoro, Garki, Wuse and Maitama District Hospitals in Abuja, in commemoration
of her birthday.
Haruna said while Mrs Buhari, through a Senior Special
Assistant to the President Dr Hajo Sani noted that imbibing the spirit of
giving would spread love and amity in the polity.
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