President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday denoted five years since he assumed control over the mantle of the country's initiative.
Jonathan was on May 6, 2010, initiated as the President by the then Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, taking after the demise on May 5, 2010 of President Umaru Yar'Adua, who he served for a long time as Vice President before his passing.
The country's constitution prescribes that the Vice President naturally assumes control upon the
passing of the President.
In the wake of finishing Yar'Adua's residency, Jonathan challenged and won the 2011 presidential decision yet lost his re-race offer in the 2015 decision.
The President however denoted the fifth commemoration of his Presidency in a serene.
Since the day matched with the week by week meeting of the Federal Executive Council, he just requested that two priests beg as indicated by Christian and Islamic directives.
That was an unmistakable flight from the past when the second stanza of the National Anthem was constantly utilized as the opening petitions to God for the gathering gatherings.
Priest of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, and the Minister of State for Finance, Ambassador Bashir Yuguda, took swing to render exceptional petitions to God for the President, his family and the country.
Jonathan surprised chamber individuals when he arrived the Council Chambers and declared that a part was commending his birthday.
At the point when individuals couldn't recognize the individual commending, the President went to their guide, saying it was the commemoration of his Presidency.
They all applauded to the profound respect of Jonathan.
"Today, we won't say the national request to God. Someone is praising birthday so we will offer unique supplications to God for him. Two Godly individuals will beg, Nebo and Yuguda. Do you know the individual (commending)?" the President had asked.
"On May 6, precisely five years today, I was confirmed as the substantive President," he clarified later.
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