Govt scraps state first lady status
From Isah Ibrahim, Gusau

APPARENTLY reacting to reported feuds in the homesteads of some polygamous governors over the position of first lady, the Federal Government may have taken steps to outlaw the post at the state level, even as it is unknown to the nation's statute books.

The government, in a two-page letter from the Federal Ministry of Information addressed to all the 36 state governors through their commissioners for information, described the post at the state level as unconstitutional.

Confirming the development yesterday in Gusau, Zamfara State Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Danmaliki, who spoke through the state Director of Information, Ibrahim Na'ayi Salihu, said his ministry had already received the letter and concerned authorities were notified about the development.

"I am please to inform you that we have received a circular from the Federal Ministry of Information on banning wives of the state governors from addressing themselves as first lady. According to the circular, only the wife of Mr. President will henceforth be addressed as First Lady," Na'ayi stated.

However, Na'ayi declined to make copies of the letter available to reporters, saying: "You can quote me but I cannot give you the letter."

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Hehehehe; No more better life for rural rich women.

Trust Nigerian politicians, they will adjust effectively. They will coin another phrase or create another office for "her excellency"
In fact the govt will regret bringing out this directive.

Good

a lot of the so called "first ladies" are just a bunch of useless effigies milking the state and economy via stupid and in-efficient pet projects!

They remind me of the beauty paegeant gals

Mustay:

They remind me of the beauty paegeant gals

could they even pass as beauty paegeants?!lol

pancake rubbing, fat jobless bunch of women!!

Probably, just might be, that a little bit of sanity is been restored to the nation.


We await as events unfold. . . . . .

Gonorrhea:

could they even pass as beauty paegeants?!lol

pancake rubbing, fat jobless bunch of women!!

erhm what about the fat governors that are marrying 3-6 wives? Shouldn't they be the ones in control of their own households?
If a govenor comes into office with several wives, pick one that'll be the first lady instead of allowing the constant bickering and fighting. but I guess I should not be suprised, these useless govs cannot even control thier own houses, much less the state they supposedly running.

Pataki:

Probably, just might be, that a little bit of sanity is been restored to the nation.


We await as events unfold. . . . . .

u know

patiently at the same time anxiously waiting!!

erhm what about the fat governors that are marrying 3-6 wives? Shouldn't they be the ones in control of their own households?

Good question for these sexists here.

Hehe!i wonder how y'all will feel if u become governor or governor's wife 2morow.A man needs support,it's left 4 them to use that power judiciously or abuse it!!!

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE OFFICE OF DE 1ST LADY CANNOT BE OVER EMPHERSIES.APART 4RM CHARITY SERVICES THEY CONTRIBUTE TO STATE DEVELOPMENT. WHY SLD DIS IMPORTANT POSSITION BE SCRAB B/C SOMEBODY VE DOMESTIC PROBLEMS, DONT THIS SAME POEPLE BOAST THAT DE WOMAN HAS NO POWER OF HER OWN ANDDAT ONE MAN CAN COTROL B/W 4 ND 10 WOMEN? IS NOT EASY BAR DAT IS WHAT EDUCATION CAN DO. LITTLE WONDA WHY DE AVRAGE NOTHERNER IS AGAINST FEMALE CHILD EDUCATION, B/C DE FEMALE CHILDREN BEGIN TO KNOW THEIR RIGTH AND PREVILAGES AFTER EDUCATION.
PLS LEAVE OUR NON POLYGAMOUS 1ST LADIES WE NEED THEM, WE LOVE THEM.

We ask them to provide electricity and fix our roads, they are worrying about first ladies

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE OFFICE OF DE 1ST LADY CANNOT BE OVER[b] EMPHERSIES[/b].APART 4RM CHARITY SERVICES THEY CONTRIBUTE TO STATE DEVELOPMENT. WHY SLD DIS IMPORTANT POSSITION BE SCRAB B/C SOMEBODY VE DOMESTIC PROBLEMS, DONT THIS SAME POEPLE [/b]BOAST THAT DE WOMAN HAS NO POWER OF HER OWN ANDDAT ONE MAN CAN COTROL B/W 4 ND 10 WOMEN? IS NOT EASY [b]BAR [/b]DAT IS WHAT EDUCATION CAN DO. LITTLE WONDA WHY DE AVRAGE NOTHERNER IS AGAINST FEMALE CHILD EDUCATION, B/C DE FEMALE CHILDREN BEGIN TO KNOW THEIR [b]RIGTH [/b]AND [b]PREVILAGES AFTER EDUCATION.
PLS LEAVE OUR NON POLYGAMOUS 1ST LADIES WE NEED THEM, WE LOVE THEM.

@Bold, edit pls.

Tonim:


We ask them to provide electricity and fix our roads, they are worrying about first ladies

ROTFLOL

DeepZone:

Good question for these sexists here.

Me sef I am waiting for the answer. . .

First lady ko, First lady ni.

A womans place is in the kitchen jo.

First lady ko, First lady ni.

A womans place is in the kitchen jo

Be careful of what you say because you may aggravate some people here. Women should be equal opportunity players in the Nigerian polity.

Doyin you again?

Shouldn't your gigolo job have started 30mins ago? no customers today?

LadyT:

Doyin you again?

Shouldn't your gigolo job have started 30mins ago? no customers today?

You come this thread, hear say my primary customers dey off the market, yet you still dey ask questions.

Shior

Trust Nigerian politicians, they will adjust effectively.  They will coin another phrase or create another office for "her excellency"
In fact the govt  will regret bringing out this directive.

Oh yes i think they already do , its called ministry of women affairs. 

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE OFFICE OF DE 1ST LADY CANNOT BE OVER EMPHERSIES.APART 4RM CHARITY SERVICES THEY CONTRIBUTE TO STATE DEVELOPMENT.

Are you serious this is not yanki we are talking about but Nigeria. What charity work did they ever do? Better life for women (probably the greatest scam in Nigeria's political history)?

Ojubi what qualifies them to do any of this. Sleeping with the governor I guess

Make dem go joo.

Its high time this bunch of pancake-donning; inutile; partner in crime to those public-fund embezzlers are stripped of the rank cheaply bestowed upon them by their husbands electoral fraud.

[b]Its high time this bunch of pancake-donning; inutile; partner in crime to those public-fund embezzlers are stripped of the rank cheaply [/b]bestowed upon them by their husbands electoral fraud.

Whatever!!!!! Behind every successful man, there must be a woman that engineered the success.

DeepZone:

Whatever!!!!! Behind every successful man, there must be a woman that engineered the success.

Successfully advising him to embezzle Nigeria's money.

yeah. like men tell their wives the truth about all they get up to. Calling women fat and jobless? Dnt you have a mother? If they dont do anything, you d say they re idle.
A lot of these mothers r touching pple's lives e.g Eunice Egwu. Jus coz it doesnt make front page news doesnt mean otherwise.
Afterall, e easy to be first lady? u fit?
Dont make yourselves believe that these women actually care about wat they r called.

DeepZone:

Whatever!!!!! Behind every successful man, there must be a woman that engineered the success.

Engineered the success in terms  not admonishing their partners about the importance of accountability and transparency as a public-office holder or being an active participant in siphoning public-fund into their personal account all in the name of a  futile pet project?

Is this your definition of success?

bigkayy:


Engineered the success in terms not admonishing their partners about the importance of accountability and transparency as a public-office holder or being an active participant in siphoning public-fund into their personal account all in the name of a futile pet project?

Is this your definition of success?

Success indeed.

first lady my arse, who r they ?. they are bunch of useless first ladies in nigeria

that office is just another way of frittering away the states monies and guaranteeing offices for people who'd have never passed an interview.
good riddance.

Good radiance to RUBBISH!! Never understood their roles, other than to waste money & human resources!!

Engineered the success in terms not admonishing their partners about the importance of accountability and transparency as a public-office holder or being an active participant in siphoning public-fund into their personal account all in the name of a futile pet project?

Is this your definition of success?

No, engineered his ascension into the throne of grace.