Women’s Day: Aisha Buhari Finally Breaks Silence

Women's Day: Aisha Buhari Finally Breaks Silence
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The Wife of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha Buhari, on Monday broke her long silence as she called for strong support for women all over the world and also spoke on the abduction of women and young girls which has recently become rampant in Nigeria.

Aisha Buhari made the appeal, in her goodwill message to Nigerian women as they joined the rest of the world to commemorate International Women’s Day.

The message which she signed personally was titled ‘Message of the First Lady, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, on the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2021.’

In her message, the wife of the President lamented the continued abduction of women and girls in Nigeria by bandits and terrorists.

She also commiserated with the victims and their families and called on all stakeholders to continue to exert their different levels of influence and bring the abductions to an end.

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The message in full, ‘Today marks the 2021 edition of International Women’s Day. The day offers yet another opportunity for humanity to review and reflect progress made on issues of women and girls.

‘This year’s theme: Women In Leadership: Achieving on Equal Future in a COVID-19 World is a strong call to appreciate the efforts of women and girls in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.

‘COVID-19 has had a huge impact on women; disrupted education and careers, lost jobs, descent into poverty, and proliferation of domestic violence. Many have also died or suffered due to lack of access to basic information on the pandemic, It is therefore important, not just to continue spreading the message of the COVID-19 protocol, but to remember and support those who have been affected negatively by the pandemic in one way or another.

‘Away from COVID-19, women and girls in Nigeria have continued to suffer abductions both in the hands of insurgents and bandits.

‘As a mother, I share the sorrow and agony of the victims and their families. I am also not unaware of the impact that these abductions could have in reverting many successes we have hitherto achieved, especially in terms of girl-child education and early marriages.

‘I call on all stakeholders to continue to exert their different levels of influence and bring these abductions to an end and to assure us that girls are safe anywhere they may find themselves.

‘My best wishes to women all over the world for their resilience, hard work, and commitment to the progress of humanity. Happy International Women’s Day.’

Before she issued this message, you would recall that Aisha Buhari had gone off the radar around September 2020 shortly after the wedding of her daughter, Hanan.

 

AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK

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