Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno on Wednesday congratulated Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on his 59th birthday anniversary.

Mallam Isa Gusau, the Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy to Shettima, announced this in a statement in Maiduguri.

The governor said that Osinbajo had shown true love to the people of the state by his numerous actions since his assumption of office in 2015.

“Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has shown the people of Borno true love and solidarity since his assumption of office and as such government of the state holds him in very passionate respect.

“We wish him well as he happily celebrates his 59th birthday,” Shettima said. “The 59th birthday celebration of Osinbajo is personal to us in Borno.

“In less than 10 months in office, he has visited the state not less than three different times during which he sort to know our problems as government; he had visited hospitals, met thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).

“Osinbajo had even transferred and personally sponsored treatment of a critically injured child that was brought to the hospital after an attack on one of his visits to the state.

“He also held meetings with leadership of the military and armed forces on ground in Maiduguri to get direct information about their concerns with a view to strengthening the fight against insurgency.”

The statement said that Osinbajo also paid a visit to the state for coordination of humanitarian interventions and launching of a Presidential economic blueprint that aims at not only rebuilding parts of North East destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents.

“Beside his personal visits, he had sent representatives at least four times for different intervention programmes one of which was the launching of mobile classrooms by the Federal Government to compliment in sustaining education at IDP camps.”

Shettima prayed to God to grant the Vice President long life and prosperity.

“We pray that God grants the Vice President many more years of good health, strength, happiness and increasing wisdom to continue his glaring good works on behalf of the President for the benefit of all Nigerians,” he said.