Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says Aisha, wife of President
Muhammadu Buhari, connects with Nigerians like no other first lady in the
history of the country.
He said this on Thursday in Abuja while speaking at the book
launch of Aisha’s biography titled, “Aisha Buhari: Being Different”.
The vice-president said Aisha became the first holder of the
office of first lady to join social media for an undiluted access to views of
the larger population.
He also noted that the first lady never shies away from the truth, even when it’s controversial.
“It’s unlikely that
any first lady in Nigeria’s history has, in such a few short years, captured
the imagination of Nigerians as profoundly as Aisha Buhari,” Osinbajo said.
“She is, of course, the first first lady to be on Twitter,
on Instagram, and other social media platforms, getting her unfiltered views
across to the Nigerian people and she’s probably the first to receive, in real
time, the opinions of Nigerians on her views.
“With her views, forthright, crisp, truthful, and once in a
while controversial, she has established an ongoing conversation with the
Nigerian people — the issues that concern them most, the issues that concern us
the most, good governance, security, putting food on the table, the education
of our children, prompt payment of pensions to army veterans, drug abuse, the
violation and victimisation of women.”
He also noted that “every once in a while she airs her own
personal struggles — her annoyance — in a manner probably unprecedented in the
role of the first lady anywhere”.
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