{"id":28674,"date":"2014-07-02T20:33:30","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T19:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=28674"},"modified":"2014-07-02T20:33:30","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T19:33:30","slug":"atiku-felicitates-with-ekwuemes-wife-at-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/atiku-felicitates-with-ekwuemes-wife-at-80\/","title":{"rendered":"Atiku felicitates with Ekwueme\u2019s wife at 80"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has congratulated Dame Beatrice Ekwueme, wife of Dr. Alex Ekwueme and the entire Ekwueme Royal family of Oko Anambra State, as she turns 80 today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a personal letter of felicitation to the celebrant, made available to the media Atiku recalled with nostalgia the utmost grace and dignity with which Mrs. Ekwueme carried herself as the Second Lady of the Federal Republic and the high quality of support she gave her husband Dr. Alex Ekwueme, who served as Nigeria\u2019s Vice-President from 1979 to 1983.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cYour Excellency , as the wife of Nigeria\u2019s Vice President in the Second Republic, you carried yourself with dignity always as you were aware that Nigerian women looked up to you as a role model and you took that responsibility very seriously, but effortlessly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018\u2019As you celebrate this milestone, my family and I join other Nigerians in celebrating your life and work as we fervently pray to God to continue to guide and protect you, and your family, and to give you and your husband the strength to continue to provide the needed leadership for your people and the people of this country,\u2019\u2019 Atiku said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Signed:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Atiku Media Office<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">61 Ebitu Ukiwe Street<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jabi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abuja<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atiku.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.atiku.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/atiku.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/atiku.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/atiku\" target=\"_blank\">www.twitter.com\/atiku<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has congratulated Dame Beatrice Ekwueme, wife of Dr. Alex Ekwueme and the entire Ekwueme Royal family of Oko Anambra State, as she turns 80 today.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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