President Muhammadu Buhari rejoices with Leemon Ikpea, oil and gas industry investor, as he turns 64 on December 19.

Buhari noted that Ikpea has, through the grace of God, and hard work, risen from modest beginnings to the topmost rungs of the business ladder, commending him as an example to the younger generation.

He said that Lee Engineering and Construction Company, of which Ikpea is the chairman, is one of the home-grown investors in the oil and gas industry, thus proving that Nigerians can excel in the highly technical sector.

The president rejoiced with family, friends and associates of the celebrant, encourages him to continue exhibiting the milk of human kindness, which has seen him awarding innumerable scholarships and bequests to uplift the weak and downtrodden, and commends same to other well-to-do Nigerians.