First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan yesterday said that the office of the first lady has been an avenue for mobilizing women for mass participation in politics while in Abia state during a reception organized for her by the Ohuhu community, her maternal home in Umuahia North Local Government Area.
Her statements come in after presidential aspirant Gen. Muhammadu Buhari said he would abolish the office of the First Lady. He said that ministries, which are constitutional, should be allowed to play their roles instead.
“There is the Ministry of Women Affairs, and so on. I was raised by my mother, as I lost my father when I was under 6 years, so I know what a woman can do if given the chance”, he says
The First Lady said the bid by politicians from the opposition camp to scrap the office of the First Lady would amount to sending the Nigerian women back to the kitchen if such came to fruition, adding,
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“It is not our portion to go back to the kitchen. We have women that are capable. We can contribute our quota to the development of Nigeria”. She also told the women not to vote for any politician who doesn’t respect women. The First Lady had veered off from the address she was reading at the occasion when she directed the attention of guests to Buhari’s idea which she said was not practicable in the ongoing political dispensation because of the critical role women have been playing in politics.
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Posted: at 27-12-2014 06:30 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
lucastobiass at 27-12-2014 06:56 PM (8 years ago) (m)
madam patience or what is your name, can you define the office of the first lady? since when you have been holding the position, what is your impact on common women? you know how many millions of dollars has been wasted by you alone in this useless office? thunder will fire you this woman. if you dont know what to say, better you keep quiet.Do you know how many jobless women in otuoke? talkless of bayelsa as a state and nigeria as a whole. i know you dont have wisdom like your husband
Posted: at 27-12-2014 06:56 PM (8 years ago) | Newbie
Kevinberry at 27-12-2014 07:51 PM (8 years ago) (m)
See. This woman with her pot belly,simply because they have start writing speeches for you,you now talk any how,I wonder how many hours it took you to cram this statement
What impact have you made in your fellow women lives since you became first lady
Do you think the office is only for sharing rice and money...yeye dey smell..abeg go sit down for corner
Posted: at 27-12-2014 07:51 PM (8 years ago) | Newbie
Of what impact as d office of d first lady benefited Nigerian women? If not 4 dis semi-illiterate woman 2 loot our money and disgrace us nationally and internationally with her english(Na only u waka come)
Posted: at 27-12-2014 07:57 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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