Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has expressed her appreciation to Nigerian women for the support they have been giving her husband since the last presidential election and assured that she would not forget them in the scheme of things.
She said: “I am deeply appreciative of the support that you show to us at every turn and promise that I will never let you down.”
The President wife, who spoke during a session organized to distribute food items to women organizations in Yola, Adamawa state today, Wednesday, said that such support had been the force driving the President and herself.
Aisha Buhari also thanked the women also for the consistent prayers over her husband’s improved health, saying: “today’s event, which is the distribution of food items, is a symbolic gesture and a token of my appreciation. It is meant to confirm that I have not forgotten you, and never will.”
In her welcome remarks, Wife of the Governor, Mrs. Maryam Muhammad Bindow, thanked Aisha Buhari for all that she has been doing through Future Assured programme, adding that the event is consistent with the policy drive of the present administration at both the Federal and state levels.
“I urge the beneficiaries to reciprocate the gesture by supporting government in its policies and programmes aimed at improving the lives of Nigerians.”
Items distributed include rice, sugar, tomato puree and milk. The beneficiaries are widows, physically challenged, religious groups and cultural groups, women council and market women. [myad]
