₦airaland Forum

WASMOG:
Patience Jonathan faults
scrapping of first ladies’ office
December 29, 2014

The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has
faulted the call in some quarters for the
scraping of the office of the First Ladies,
arguing that ” First Ladies have made
profound contributions to the development of
Nigeria.”

Mrs. Jonathan made the explanations in
Umuahia, Abia State while speaking at the
grand civic reception in her honour by her
maternal kinsmen of the Ohuhu clan.
She said that contrary to opinions and wrong
impressions by some people, First Ladies play
essential roles in moving the country forward,
adding that those behind the call might not
have appreciated the good parts being played
by First Ladies.

The wife of the President recalled that she
had through her office touched positively on
the lives of many Nigerian women and
youths, adding that in the same vein many
governors’ wives had also affected lives in
their various states.

She maintained that First Ladies all over the
world play supportive roles which she noted,
were very germane for the successes
recorded by their husbands.