President Bola Tinubu has extended his warm congratulations to Pa Reuben Fasoranti, national leader of the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, on the special occasion of his 98th birthday.
Tinubu, in a statement by his media aide, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, joined family, friends, and associates to celebrate “a paragon of integrity and peerless leader with a natural agency for rallying minds to the cause of peace, unity, and development.”
The president affirmed that Pa Fasoranti, as the leader of the respected Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, had brought honour and dignity to the organization and had also honed its voice as a noble and trenchant mouthpiece of the people
The president extolled the sacrifices and painstaking contributions of the elder statesman to the development of Nigeria as a veteran teacher, seasoned administrator, and exceptional politician.
The president thanked Pa Fasoranti for his support and generous measure of wise counsel, assuring him that the beacon of truth, fairness, equity, peace, and unity would always be held up.
President Tinubu prayed to God Almighty to grant the elder statesman more years in excellent health, while wishing him joy and happiness on the momentous day and always.
