President-elect Bola Tinubu has cancelled the annual colloquium to mark his birthday for 2023.
The President-elect will be 71 years old tomorrow (Wednesday).
Instead of a birthday bash, Tinubu has opted for special prayers and a thanksgiving service.
Recall that Asiwaju Tinubu usually marks his birthday celebrations with a colloquium.
In a statement issued, on Monday, a media aide to Tinubu, Mr. Tunde Rahman, noted that prayers would be held in Lagos and other parts of the country in hounour of the President-elect.
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The release said that the special prayers would be held at the Central mosques in each of the five divisions of Lagos State.
“Also to receive prayers among others are President Muhammadu Buhari and First Lady Aisha Buhari, President-elect Tinubu, and his wife, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, Vice-President-elect, Sen. Kashim Shettima, and Hajia Nana Shettima, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, other state governors as well as members of national and state houses of assembly,” the statement read in part.