No council member remembered the day until they were reminded by the president.
It was on this day – May 6th – five years ago in 2010 that the then
Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu swore in
Jonathan following the death of late President Umaru Yar’Adua.
President Jonathan who came into the council chambers Wednesday
morning announced the news of the swearing-in five years ago as
birthday.
After the national anthem and national pledge, Jonathan threw a poser
at the Ministers that one of them was marking his birthday.
He said instead of the usual national prayer, two members of council
Christian and Muslim should offer prayers for the council member before
the meeting would continue with the day’s business.
“Today, we will not say the national prayer. Somebody is celebrating
birthday so we will offer special prayers for him. Two very Godly people
will pray, Nebo and Yuguda. Do you know the person?”
The Ministers looked round at each other in surprise wondering who the celebrant was without any clue.
When they could not answer, he said: “On May 6, exactly five years today, I was sworn-in as substantive President.”
President Jonathan then reminded them that 6th of May, 2015 marks his 5th year anniversary as substantive President.
All cabinet members clapped joyfully before the Minister of Power,
Professor Chinedu Nebo said the Christian prayer while the Minister of
State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda said the Muslim prayer.
Credit: thescoopng
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