Titi, wife of Atiku
Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says
she wants to become the first Yoruba woman to be Nigeria’s first lady since
1999.
Titi said this in an interview with BBC Yoruba, which
was aired on Tuesday.
Speaking during the interview, she asked Yoruba people to
support her husband’s candidacy.
Titi also said she will not stop her humanitarian work if her husband is elected president on February 25.
She said her organisation — Women Trafficking and Child
Labour Eradication Foundation (WOTCLEF) — sponsored the
bill that led to the establishment of National Agency for the Prohibition of
Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in 2003.
“Since the inception of the civilian government in 1999, no
Yoruba person has become the first lady of the country. I want to be the first
Yoruba woman,” Titi said in Yoruba.
“I want Yoruba people to support the candidacy of Atiku.
Atiku’s victory will make me the first lady of the country.”
Speaking further, she said her husband will unify the
country if elected president, adding that insurgency will become a thing of the
past.
“Atiku is my husband. We have been together for 50 years. My
husband wants to give back to the country owing to what the country had done
for him,” she said.
“During his youthful days, he attended schools for free. The
government sponsored their education and gave them stipends. The government
also provided jobs.
“After he had passed through that stage, he came to the
understanding that the government had done wonderful things for him. Hence, he
developed the desire to pay back the good deeds to Nigerians owing to what the
country had done for him.
“My husband said he
will do five things for Nigeria. He said he will fix Nigeria. There is no unity
in the country. The country is currently in disarray.
“I’m from Osun state. In the past, Christians and Muslims
did things together. My parents allowed me to marry him. But now, we don’t know
where the world is going. My husband saw all these and he said he wants to
return Nigeria to point of unity.
“My husband said he will address the issue of constant strike
of varsity lecturers. He said he will address the issue of Boko Haram and the
prevailing insecurity in the country.
“It is only a person who knows the way that guides someone.
He is a unifier. He wants to unify everybody. If my husband becomes president,
he will end insecurity in the country and Boko Haram will be a thing of the
past.”
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