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DAME PATIENCE FAKABELEMA
JONATHAN
1-She is older than President Goodluck
Jonathan. Okay, calm down, not what you
are thinking. She was born in Port
Harcourt on the 25
th
October 1957 while
the don himself was born on
20
th
November, 1957. Ok, just like a
month.

2.She holds a National Certificate of
Education (NCE) in Mathematics &
Biology from the Rivers State College of
Education and later bagged a degree
from University of Port Harcourt
(UNIPORT) in Biology & Psychology. She
passed WASSCE in 1980, long before
many of her haters were born. Ok, no lele.
Let’s ride on. Although she started out as
a teacher at Stella Maris College in Port
Harcourt (HajMari, where are you o?), she
later veered briefly into the banking
sector, establishing Akpo Community
Bank in 1997, the first of its kind in Port
Harcourt, and later served as the
Marketing Manager of Imieto Community
Bank.

3. According to Baridah Job Karabah, a
former houseboy, her nickname back in
the days was ‘Mama Ice Cream‘ (and that
of the President was simply ‘Oga
Joe’ ). Ice cream ke? Yes, and that was
because she used to cool (abi na freeze…
lol) ice cream in her large deep freezers.
The ice cream is then later distributed for
sale. He says business was ‘booming’ for
her then. President Jonathan was at that
time, a senior lecturer at the Rivers State
College of Education. And yes, she had a
poultry too at the same time. Quite
industrious I’d say.

4. In September 2012, she was awarded
a honorary degree by the Delta State
University, Abraka despite the fact that
she was not in the country at that time.
She was said to have gone to Germany
but she denied going there for any
treatment. Worefa.

5. She hails from Oba-Ama Community in
Okrika, a port town in Rivers State. It is
known as a base for the sale of second-hand clothes, and the name Okrika for
those of us very familiar with ‘Bend Down
Select‘ and ‘Tokunbo’ clothes is an
attestation to that. Omo, I can never
forget the delightful smell of Okrika
clothes…lol! The belief then, and even
maybe now is that they are even better
than ‘original’ and brand new clothes.
Next!

6. Her maiden name is OBA. As in, she
was once Miss Patience Oba.

7. Miss Oba later met her lecturer while
she was a student at the Rivers State
College of Education (now Rivers State
University of Education, Rumuolumeni).
Her lecturer then was with the
Department of Biological Sciences (he
taught her biology, oh, I love that course
die! Don’t ask me why!), and one thing led
to the other, they both fell in love. Today,
the rest is history and that Mr. Lecturer of
yesterday now rules the most populous
black nation on earth. You still don’t
know him? Go get yourself a black fedora
hat! Hear her:

”We first met at the Rivers State College
of Education, Port Harcourt where I was a
student. He was my Biology
lecturer.Later; he left for university of Port
Harcourt to pursue his PhD.
We met again at the University of Port
Harcourt when I went for undergraduate
degree. That was where our relationship
began. He took interest in me because I
was a brilliant and smart student.
It was love at first sight on his part. But it
never crossed my mind that it would lead
to a serious relationship. My first
impression of him was ‘this tall, dark,
hansome young man”.
Further interaction with him also revealed
that he came from a good Christian home
just like I did. His humble and gentle
disposition caught my attention and
most importantly, his intelligence.”

8. She says she still cooks for her
husband and even goes to Utako Market
(Abuja people, wey una dey?) to buy
ingredients for soup. O ga ju!

9. Her hobbies? You bet! Reading, writing,
travelling and oh yeah, swimming!
10. She holds many traditional titles,
some of which are:
-Odadigba of Otuoke Kingdom, meaning
the Ladder of Success.
-Unume Wheshi Ekpeye
1 of Ekpeye Kingdom in Rivers State.
-Yeye Obateru of Owu Kingdom, Ogun
State, means the Wife of He Who Shares
the King’s Burden.
-Yeye Ohun Orun of the Source of Ife
Kingdom, Osun State, meaning the Wife
of the Voice of the Heavens.
-Ada Di Oha Mma of Ukpo Kingdom
(Daughter of the People of Ukpo). Okay, I
think that is enough for now. Nigerians
and titles sha.
11. She bears the title ‘Dame’ as she was
honoured with the Knighthood of the
Anglican Church.
12. Her marriage with the President is
blessed with two children: a cheeky boy,
Ariwera Adolphus Jonathan and a
beautiful girl, Aruabi Jonathan.
13. Like others before her, she also has a
non-governmental organization, named
the A. Aruera Reachout Foundation and is
said to focus on the needy, the poor and
the destitute, with particular emphasis on
women and children. According to the
Foundation, it has trained over 2,000
women in the last eight years. Some of
the things her Foundation also did was to
foot the N1.8 million naira bill for an
operation in India for a girl with a hole in
the heart (septal defect) and Jubril
Mohammed Hussein, a 9-year-old boy
who was also flown out for treatment for
his heart disease.

14. Zainab Musa Garba, a twin, was
diagnosed with a heart condition and
needed N3 million naira for treatment, the
Dame also footed her bills. Zainab’s
mother teaches at the Federal
Government College, Maiduguri while the
dad is a retired civil servant. That’s a
good one or what do you think? Same
goes for Tobi Peters, an 11-year-old boy,
three-month-old Peculiar Owodu and
others (now over 30 kids).Well, I had to
point that out because Nigerians seem to
be carried away by her speeches as if we
are all professors of English ourselves.
By the way, I am assuming that her
Foundation derived its name from her
two kids: ARU-abi and Ariw-ERA. At any
rate, it’s an assumption.

15. She is currently engaged in a tussle
with the former First Lady, Turai
Yar’adua over a plot of land in the
Federal Capital Territory. That’s
what I call the vanity of power and
inanity of authority. By the way, I
promise to tell you the meaning of
her middle name ‘Faka’ once I get it.
I’ve been trying to, but nothing
yet. Okay, I promised to bring you
the meaning and I now have it. Her
middle name is FAKABELEMA
meaning ‘Unending Blessings’.
Special thanks to George Desmond
Iyo for his thorough explanation of
her roots and name. Enjoy!



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She likes writting,am very sure dat'll be in her dialect...my fellow widows

You left out some usefull info's about madam 1st lady

Ok naa. Next!

+ she is the first ladies of our fellow nigerians

She like swimming ke, please don't ever show us pics of her in bikini ohh i beg you please

I don't gerrit!?

They're of the same age but while she was in college he was a lecturer and while he was studying for his PhD she was just starting her undergrad?? Did she start late


By the way i think Gej was obviously bangladeshing Dame P in college while he was a lecturer before they were both caught and kicked out.

kramer: I don't gerrit!?

They're of the same age but while she was in college he was a lecturer and while he was studying for his PhD she was just starting her undergrad?? Did she start late


By the way i think Gej was obviously bangladeshing Dame P in college while he was a lecturer before they were both caught and kicked out.

You are expressing my mind. It was a teacher/student relationship.

Loooool @ no 8. Heavy lie jooor
...Plus rumour has it she aint the only wife he got

He took interest in me because I
was a brilliant and smart student.

really good one.

indrija: You left out some usefull info's about madam 1st lady

After that epistle?