President Muhammadu Buhari and the Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Salihu Yakubu Danladi have joined others to felicitate the Kwara State Governor’s mother, Alhaja Raliat Amope AbdulRazaq, on the occasion of her 90th birthday.
The president in a statement released by his spokesperson, Garba Sheu described the mother of the Governor and wife of the first lawyer in northern Nigeria as a “philanthropist”.
President Buhari commends the celebrant for bringing happiness and joy to so many people within and around her community.
Also, Kwara Speaker, Salihu Yakubu Danladi, in a statement released by his spokesperson, Ibrahim Sheriff salute the governor’s mother.
The statement read, “I congratulate our mother, Hajia Raliat Abdulrazaq on her 90th birthday and wish her longer and healthier life on the surface of earth.
“We value your contributions to the development of Kwara state and being the pillar behind the great man whose professional and humanitarian impact as the first lawyer in North Central Nigeria cannot be erased on the sands of time.”
On his part, Comrade Musbau Esinrogunjo commended the nonagenarian’s contributions to the society.
He said, “On behalf of a forefront liberation movement in Kwara state under my leadership, I congratulates the Abdulrazaq’s family, friends, and most especially Governor of Kwara state, His Excellency, Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on the joyous occasion of his mother’s 90th birthday anniversary.”