At 83, Tinubu Hails IBB’s Service to the Nation
POLITICS DIGEST- President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigeria’s former head of state, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, GCFR, who is marking his 83rd birthday, today.
General Babangida, fondly called IBB, was Nigeria’s military president from 1985 to 1993.
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President Tinubu in a statement by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, saluted the former head of state on this special occasion, “noting his endeavours towards the development of the nation, especially in infrastructure and otherwise, notably the completion of the Third Mainland Bridge which at the time was the longest bridge in Africa.”
The President acknowledgesd the role of General Babangida in the ‘sculpting’ of modern Nigeria, and commended him for his services to the nation.
President Tinubu wished the former head of state many more years in good health.
