The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has felicitated Alhaji Babatunde Alade Balogun, the caretaker committee chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, on his 70th birthday.
Gbajabiamila, who eulogised the virtues of Alhaji Balogun, said the life of the APC caretaker chairman had been beneficial to mankind.
The Speaker noted with delight Alhaji Balogun’s invaluable contributions to the development of Lagos State in the last seven decades.
He said Alhaji Balogun was one politician that held his people dear to his heart at all times.
Since his entry into partisan politics in the defunct Second Republic when he became a member of Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) and later Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the Third Republic, Alhaji Balogun had never looked back, the Speaker said.
He was elected the Vice-chairman of Apapa Local Government Council in 1996 and 1999, he was appointed first as Commissioner for Commerce and Industry and later Home Affairs and Culture in 2002, a position he held till 2011 at the expiration of the first tenure of Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola.
“I, therefore, join millions of our people to wish Alhaji Babatunde Alade Balogun, happy 70th birthday. May the good Allah continue to keep him in good health and increase him in wisdom,” Gbajabiamila was quoted to have said by Lanre Lasisi, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity.
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