Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, on Saturday evening
warned politicians who may be picked to work with President
Muhammadu Buhari and all his political associates to be
careful the way they carry themselves.
She said such people should be wary of the fact that it took
her husband a journey of 12 years before getting to the
position he currently occupies and hence, they should tread
with caution.
Mrs. Buhari handed down the warning during an
“Appreciation Dinner” she hosted in honour of All
Progressives Congress’ women and youths at the old Banquet
Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
She admitted that it was not former President Goodluck
Jonathan that is bad but the people that surrounded him.
She said it was because of that situation that she was warning
those who will work with Buhari to know early enough that
they are coming to serve the masses and not the President.
Mrs. Buhari argued that the behaviour of the people around
her husband would go a long way in defining his Presidency.
She said, “There is nothing people did not say about the past
administration. It is not Jonathan that is not good but the
people around him.
“So, the people that are going to be around General Buhari
have to be very careful because this election ended
peacefully.
“We are praying and hoping that people around him should
know that it took him 12 years to get to that position and they
must know that they are coming to serve the masses, not
General Buhari in person.
“It is the people that are around him that will determine the
political health of our state.”
The President’s wife also promised that the current
administration would run an open government.
She said government under her husband would be run in
clear departure from what was obtainable under Jonathan
when people were allegedly asked to be paying huge amount
of money in foreign currency before they could see the
President or his wife.
“I will like to inform you that in the past regime, whether it is
true or false, only God knows, some people were going round
and parading themselves as Personal Assistants.
“If you wanted to see the First Lady, you will pay $30,000 or
$50,000 and if you are seeing the President, you will pay all
that you have gathered in your lifetime.
“This will not happen in our regime. Whoever asks you to give
a single penny in the name of coming to see the President or
his wife is not our staff. He is not an APC member, it is a lie.
Don’t be deceived,” she said.
Taking a look at her husband’s 12-year journey towards
returning as President, Mrs. Buhari said her active
participation in the last electioneering made the difference.
She said she did not take part in the campaigns of her
husband’s first three shots at the Presidency because that was
how those who surrounded him at that time wanted it.
This time, she said it was a national leader of the APC and
former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who
encouraged her to play active role.
She also faulted claims that made the rounds ahead of the
elections on the gender-sensitivity of her husband, saying
they were mere fabrications.
Describing Buhari as the pillar of her success despite the
generation gap between the two of them, she said it was the
President who encouraged her to go to school.
Mrs. Buhari said, “Many people did not know why I was not
appearing for the last three campaigns. I appeared only this
time and I think it made a lot of difference. A lot of people
said my husband earned four million votes as a result of my
campaign.
“We were not sure but with the popularity of my husband, we
thought then that he needed female support to cancel the all
sorts of gender problems people have been attaching to him
like that he kept me under a purdah.
“He had never kept me under a purdah even for a moment
since I got married to him.
“Even now, by the recent campaigns, it was Bola Ahmed
Tinubu who insisted that I should come out and support my
husband. Not that I never like supporting my husband but it
all depended on the people around him, that was before.
“And now too, it is the people around him that showed that
they wanted me to participate, we did and we have seen the
difference.
“My husband is a gender-sensitive human being, having so
many girls as his own biological children and then having me
as a wife, then you can see the generation gap. He allowed
me to go to school. To cut the story short, he is the pillar of
my success.”
The President’s wife said when Tinubu continued pestering
her to join the campaign train, she talked to her husband who
gave his approval.
She said she knew from the beginning that the campaign
would not be easy, recalling that the greatest challenge she
faced was security.
She recalled how the wife of the governor of Zamfara State
had told her how supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party
stopped their convoy from returning to Gusau, the state
capital up until 4am at a point.
The President’s wife said she also had her own raw deal when
she joined the campaign train to Ilorin, Kwara State capital.
Those who attended the dinner included wife of the Vice
President, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo; wife of the President of the
Senate, Mrs. Toyin Saraki; wife of the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Mrs. Gimbia Dogara; wife of the National
Chairman of the APC, Mrs. Victoria Odigie-Oyegun; wives of
APC state governors, APC female deputy governors; wives of
former governors on the platform of the party and other top
officials of the party across the country.
A national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was
represented by Senator Babafemi Ojudu.
Source:www.punchng.com/news/presidents-wife-cautions-buharis-prospective-aides-associates/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Wise advice

In the capacity of First lady.

My first lady! May God be with you. God bless my president. God bless Nigeria.

She's growing wings

..In aresa's voice, ..Is she a politician or a government official ..why interfere?


Now, she is talking GOVERNANCE not CAMPAIGN! ..the way to go ..

..notice the difference, bro.

Beg tinubu to stay away from ur husband then

temitemi1:
She's growing wings

and u are growing bad mouth

Tell them o

Madam PMB just hit the nail on the head Shikena!!!

Gud to hear that....

Misleading Topic by Taniod Op...

I cautioned my colleagues to spare Aisha of unnecessary and unwanted criticisms until a time she begins exhibiting "Her Lordship"

We are still observing and I believe it will be a disservice if those who supported Prof. Wole Soyinka's assertion concerning the office of First Lady as only a domestic appendage to go sleeping and not be on the guard to caution any interference by unwanted elements into decisions of Federal Executive Council and Government policies.

Is Aisha now the new Chief of Staff and Secretary to the Government of the Federation?

Na wao. Mama pece make money from that post no be small