On the eve of Children’s Day, wives of state governors in Nigeria visited President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife, Aisha in Aso Rock. President Buhari commended the women for the various humanitarian activities they carry out in their states. He said he would canvass more moral and financial support for them.
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“I appreciate the role you are playing as your work helps in pricking the conscience of the people.”
He especially commended their work on the IDPs and disadvantaged children as well as the fight against drug abuse.President Buhari also encouraged them to interface with Central Bank of Nigeria and Federal Ministry of Agriculture over new and existing opportunities that women farmers and entrepreneurs can take advantage of.
The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Muhammadu Buhari underscored the complementary role that wives of Governors play in supporting the programmes and policies of their husbands, stressing the need for the governors to encourage them. She highlighted areas where efforts are more pronounced as girl-child education, child abuse, women and youth empowerment and health promotion.
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“Äs mothers of the states, wives of governors have the ears of women and youths; this is so because they run programmes that directly touch these categories of Nigerians,”
she said, calling on the President to support their work. Chairperson, Northern Governors Wives Forum, and wife of the Governor of Bauchi State, Mrs Hadiza Abubakar said apart from issues of maternal health and girl-child education, the flagship programme of the forum is the prevention of substance abuse, for which they rally stakeholders to come to a holistic solution. She commended the ban on codeine-containing cough syrups, describing it as a major breakthrough.
The Forum, she stated, is advocating for the revival of moribund drug rehabilitation centres and the establishment of new ones in states that do not have them. Chairperson, Southern Governors Wives Forum and wife of the Governor of Imo State, Mrs Nkechi Okorocha, said their activities take a cue from the works of Mrs Buhari’s Future Assured Programme and focuses on issues of cultism, kidnapping, child labour, baby factories and youth restiveness. She said the Forum had trained 1000 women in different skills, while 2000 school children were supported with educational materials.
The highlight of the event were presentations to the President by the two leading wives of governors.
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