Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has joined Dr Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode, daughter of his late boss and former Head of State, Gen. Murtala Muhammed, to have fun her sixtieth birthday anniversary on the Treasure of Love Missionaries Orphanage.
Obasanjo was the second in command to Murtala Muhammed and subsequently took over when the late Head of State was assassinated in a failed coup on February 13, 1976, in Lagos.
The previous President Particular Assistant (SA) on Media, Mr. Kehinde Akinyemi, made this recognized in a launch, a duplicate of which was made obtainable to newsmen, saying that Obasanjo’s go to to the orphanage, Treasure of Love Missionary Orphanage, Alapere, Lagos, barely hours earlier than the New Yr was an important interval for sober reflection and a chance to alter for good.
Based on the assertion, Obasanjo, who can also be Chairman of the Murtala Muhammed Basis, counseled Dr. Muhammed-Oyebode for choosing such a significant place to have fun her diamond birthday anniversary along with her household in the course of the go to.
Based on the assertion, Obasanjo, accompanied by his daughter, Dr. Kofo Blackshire, and her household, who had been spending Christmas with him, later toured the services, gaining insights into the constructive affect of the Basis’s work.
Muhammed-Oyebode, a distinguished human rights advocate and CEO of the Murtala Muhammed Basis, stated in her comment that there was an pressing must dismantle limitations obstructing peaceable negotiations and improve the safety of ladies and youngsters in battle zones, reiterating her unwavering dedication to justice, girls’s empowerment, and international growth points.
The celebrant, in a poignant gesture, devoted her diamond birthday anniversary to the reminiscence of the remaining 91 Chibok women, the 5 Dapchi women, who tragically misplaced their lives, and the unreleased Leah Sharibu, expressing solidarity with their mother and father of their enduring agony.
The rights activist emphasised the importance of shedding gentle on crucial international points throughout her sixtieth 12 months, assuring that she remained steadfast in her mission to advocate for a world the place the rights and dignity of each particular person, significantly girls and youngsters, had been protected and upheld.
This was simply as Dr Muhammed-Oyebode referred to as on the worldwide group to affix arms in making a future the place peace and safety prevailed and the struggling of harmless lives was alleviated.
Drawing inspiration from her late father, Gen. Muhammed, she invoked his historic “Africa has come of age” speech, urging all Nigerians to beat challenges and get rid of limitations obstructing the nation’s and the continent’s greatness.
Her message equally echoed her father’s imaginative and prescient, emphasising the collective duty to deal with corruption, insecurity, and governance points for Nigeria to flourish as a nation.
Muhammed-Oyebode, nonetheless, expressed honest gratitude to President Obasanjo for making the day memorable for her and her household, even at brief discover.
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