Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and National Leader of the All Progressive’s Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Saturday attended the wedding of Fatima, daughter of the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, in Azare, Bauchi State.
Naija News reports that also among the eminent guests were others like the Senate President, Alhaji Ahmed Lawan; Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and many state governors including those of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed; Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi; Jigawa State, Mohammed Abubakar; Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni; Borno State, Babagana Zulum and Plateau State, Simon Lalong, among others.
A presidential delegation led by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Pantami and including the Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed well as Senior Special Assistants to the President on Special Duties Ya’u Darazo; Domestic and Household Matters Sarki Abba and Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu were said to have conveyed President Muhammadu Buhari’s advice to Adamu’s daughter on the occasion.
In a statement issued by Garba Shehu, Buhari advised the newly-wed couple to commit themselves to a life-long union.
While wishing the newly married couple a happy life, the president described marriage as the foundation of the family, adding that it should be a lifelong union.
Others on the presidential delegation were the State Chief of Protocol, Lawal Kazaure; the Personal Physician to the President, Dr Suhayb Rafindadi and the Presidential Liaison Officer, Shehu Bello.
Meanwhile, speaking at the palace of the Emir of Katagum, Katagum Emirate Council of Bauchi State during a courtesy call on the Emir, Alhaji Umar Farouk, Osinbajo re-echoed the indivisibility of Nigeria by any of its fault lines of ethnicity, religion or class.
According to a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, Mr Laolu Akande, Osinbajo noted that the roll call of guests at the Adamu daughter’s wedding was evidence of Nigeria’s indivisibility regardless of ethnicity, religion and class.
“This is one occasion where you will find that our country is truly a united country and that nothing can separate this country, not ethnicity or religion or class.
“There is nothing that can separate this country. In fact, this is excellent evidence of the fact that this country is united,” he said.
This article was originally published on Naija News