Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan and First Lady, Dame Patience has warned against the scraping of the office of the First Ladies in Nigeria. She argued that First Ladies have made profound contributions to the development of Nigeria.
Presidential candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari said recently that he would cancel the office of First Lady if he is elected as President of the country next year.
But, Mrs. Jonathan, who spoke in Umuahia, Abia State while at the grand civic reception in her honour by her maternal kinsmen of the Ohuhu clan saidd that contrary to opinions and wrong impressions by some people, First Ladies play essential roles in moving the country forward.
According to her, those who are against the position of First Lady do not appreciate the good parts being played by her, adding that she had through her office, touched positively on the lives of many Nigerian women and youths.
Dame Patience said that many governors’ wives have also affected lives in their various states, even as she maintained that First Ladies all over the world play supportive roles that are essential to the successes recorded by their husbands. [myad]
