Former President Goodluck Jonathan has sent his well wishes to President Muhammadu Buhari on his 76th birthday.

“Yours has been a life of great service to our dear nation,” Jonathan wrote, wishing the president good health and productive years.

Yours has been a life of great service to our dear nation, having served as a brave soldier, governor, minister of petroleum, head of state and now president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

I join you, your family, well-wishers and fellow Nigerians to give thanks to Almighty God for the gift of a long life.

I wish you good health and more productive years, as you continue to lend your skills and energy to the task of building a Nigeria of our dreams.