Wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, on Friday called on Governor Muhammed Bindow Jibrilla of Adamawa State to swap his male Commissioner for Women Affairs, Alhaji Aliyu Tola, with a woman. Hajiya Buhari made the call in Yola, the capital, while inaugurating a free medical check-up for 2,000 women in the state under her pet project, the Aisha Buhari Women Health Initiative. She said women in the state were protesting the appointment of a man as commissioner and appealed to the governor to appoint a woman in that office instead. She said, “The women are protesting. They asked me to pass their wishes to have a woman as their commissioner for women affairs.” Tola, who was asked to deliver his speech before that of the wife of the president, seemed to have sensed the women’s countenance, tactically uttering a few words before inviting the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Hajiya Maisaratu Bello, a woman, to address the gathering. The appointment of Tola as the first male Commissioner of Women Affairs in Adamawa has sparked debate in the state with some criticising it and others supporting it. Those against it argued that the ministry was meant to carry women along hence the need to make it exclusively for them, while those in support said the full name of the ministry is Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development making it open for male and female to be made commissioners. There are four female commissioners in Adamawa. They are Dr. Fatima Atiku Abubakar (Health), Barrister Lilian Kayode (Works), Mrs. Victoria Sashi (Mineral Resources) and Dr. Kaleptawa Farauta (Education).


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Good call madam first lady wife of the president.
A bit weird having a man in that capacity. Something we use to diss womanizers

Hajiyah, abeg fleX ur muscle small Jawe, abi who talk say u no get mouth

O set go

Aiit...
At least She's advising. Not some other president's wife that will be issuing orders like an army general.
Just saying...

I knew Adamawa state will be on a long ride when they decide to vote in Bindow instead of more competent Ribadu or Gundiri, cos he ( Bindow) is an APC flag bearer.

I like people who think outside the box. But the more I try to justify this action, the more I sound ridiculous to myself.

No matter how much a man knows about challenges faced by women, he can never know as much as the woman herself.

And for the youth development part, even women can handle it better in my opinion.

A woman that can raise between 10 to 15 children in the absence of a man who's hardly at home cannot be a pushover.

And by the way, in most cases, women are naturally more detailed than men. And by women here, I mean the ones wey their head correct o!