President Bola Tinubu on Sunday congratulated Lebanese-Nigerian enterprise magnate Gilbert Chagoury on his 78th birthday on January 8.
“Gilbert is a shining gentle in each room. He’s compassionate, discerning and fully reliable in each respect,” Tinubu mentioned in a congratulatory assertion signed by his Particular Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale.
The assertion is titled: “President Tinubu celebrates enterprise tycoon Gilbert Chagoury on his birthday.”
Gilbert Chagoury was born on January 8, 1946 in Lagos, Nigeria, to Lebanese immigrant mother and father.
In 1971, collectively together with his brother Ronald Chagoury, he based the Chagoury Group, an industrial conglomerate spanning a number of sectors, together with building, actual property and actual property growth, flour mills, water bottling and purification, glass manufacturing, insurance coverage, inns, furnishings manufacturing, telecommunications. , data expertise, catering and worldwide financing.
In keeping with Ngelale, the President appreciated Chagoury's consistency and reliability, which he had displayed all through his storied profession, noting that he needed to see Nigeria rise to the best heights in all areas of human endeavour.
He recalled how the Chagoury household continued to keep up confidence in Africa's largest economic system by constantly investing in varied initiatives and philanthropic actions over the many years, no matter all of the socio-political challenges that characterised the nation's path to return to a civilian authorities in 1999 and past.
Tinubu mentioned: “He has invested in our nation in each good and unhealthy occasions. He’s beneficiant with each his coronary heart and his assets.
“With pals like him, you’ll be able to sleep with a peaceable thoughts. He’s a beneficial and liked particular person price celebrating.