{"id":46676,"date":"2016-02-19T20:02:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T19:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=46676"},"modified":"2016-02-19T20:02:30","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T19:02:30","slug":"tinubu-veritable-pillar-nigerias-modern-democracy-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/tinubu-veritable-pillar-nigerias-modern-democracy-apc\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu, Veritable Pillar of Nigeria&#8217;s Modern Democracy-APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>&#8230;Hails Sun Man of the Year Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The All Progressives Congress (APC) has congratulated the party&#8217;s National<br \/>\nLeader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the occasion of his well-deserved<br \/>\naward as The Sun Man of the Year 2016.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement signed by APC&#8217;s National Secretary, Mai Mala Buni, the<br \/>\nparty described Tinubu as &#8220;a veritable pillar of Nigeria&#8217;s modern<br \/>\ndemocracy and a proven political genius of our times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The statement read: &#8220;It is no surprise that, in addition to your status of<br \/>\nAsiwaju, you also hold the revered title of Jagaban Borgu.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As APC National Leader, you have continued to guide, inspire and lead our<br \/>\nnoble causes of liberating our people from oppression and improving the<br \/>\nquality of life of Nigerians. You are a sterling example of statesmanship<br \/>\nand steadfastness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Notably, your efforts, as a major arrowhead, alongside other like-minded<br \/>\nprogressive Nigerians, led to the merger of parties to form the All<br \/>\nProgressives Congress (APC). This ultimately resulted in the defeat of the<br \/>\nPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the installation of the current APC-led<br \/>\ngovernment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Indeed, you have shown the world, through your doggedness and qualitative<br \/>\nleadership, that Nigeria can indeed take its right of place among comity<br \/>\nof progressive nations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The APC wishes you many more happy, healthy and fulfilled years of<br \/>\nservice to the nation and party.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, February 20, 2016, the Sun Publishing Limited (publishers of<br \/>\nDaily Sun, Saturday Sun, Sunday Sun and SportingSun) will formerly present<br \/>\nthe award to Tinubu.<\/p>\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>&#8230;Hails Sun Man of the Year Award The All Progressives Congress (APC) has congratulated the party&#8217;s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the occasion of his well-deserved award as&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":39718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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