Former President Muhammadu Buhari has hailed Bisi Akande, an ex-interim national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on his 85th birthday anniversary.
The former governor of Osun will be 85 on January 16.
In a statement on Monday signed by Garba Shehu, his spokesperson, Buhari described Akande as a wise man under whose watch the ruling party made tremendous progress.
“He is a very wise man who laid a solid foundation for the growth and development of our party,” the statement quoted Buhari as saying.
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“He believed that the party was structured and maintained in a way to meet the development needs of the country.
“I wish Chief Akande good health and many more years of service to the party and the nation.”
Akande was the governor of Osun from 1999 to 2003 after succeeding the military administrator of the state at the time.
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He became the first interim chairman of the APC after the formation of the party in 2013.
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