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Mrs. Buhari accepts ‘First Lady’ title


15 June 2019  

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ABUJA: Aisha Buhari, wife of the Nigerian president, has officially announced that she will be addressed as First Lady now. Five years after going with the official title, ‘Wife of The President’, she explained that the current decision was to clear a discrepancy between her title and that of wives of the respective state governors.

Speaking to wives of governors from across the 36 states in Abuja on Thursday, she said her new designation was to take immediate effect.

“When my husband Muhammadu Buhari was elected newly I personally chose to be called the wife of the President. But, I realised that it causes confusion as the wives of state governors are also addressed as the first ladies or wives of the governors.  “So, forgive me for confusing you from the beginning, but now I chose to be called the first lady,” she said.

Then candidate Buhari in December 2014 had then said his administration will scrap the office of First Lady because it had no basis in the constitution but it is still continuing. (Agencies)

Publish Date : 15 June 2019 18:54 PM

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