Only APC members should get appointments – Aisha Buhari

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The First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has called for urgent action to protect the girl child from abuses. Buhari in a tweet on Friday to commemorate the International Day of the Girl-Child in Abuja, stressed the need for parents to protect their children from all forms of violence and abuse. The theme of the 2019 celebration is Girl Force: ” Unscripted and Unstoppable”. NAN reports that the day was which declared by the United Nations, was first celebrated on Oct. 11, 2012. The observation supports more opportunity for girls and increases awareness of gender inequality faced by girls worldwide based upon their gender. The celebration of the day also “reflects the successful emergence of girls and young women as a distinct cohort in development policy, programming, campaigning and research. ” Today, I join millions of girls around the world to celebrate this year’s international day of the girl-child, the theme for this year’s celebration is “GirlForce: Unscripted and Unstoppable” she tweeted. She expressed appreciation on the progress made on the advocacy by women groups on the need to protect their folk against any forms of gender based violence. ” I am happy to note the progress that has been made in the area of activism by girls to protect their gender. ” I want to state that more needs to be done especially to address gender based violence which seems to be more pronounced recently and all hands must be on deck to achieve this.”

Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, has advised the All Progressives Congress (APC), to consider only card-carrying members for political appointments.

She made the call at a dinner to celebrate the victory of President Buhari in Daura, his home town on Thursday, March 7, 2019.

The event took place at the Daura Stadium and attracted women and youth supporters of the APC from across Katsina state.

Aisha noted that the constitution of the party specifies that appointments to offices in an APC led government should go to card-carrying members.

She thus advised that the party constitution should be respected.

She expressed appreciation over the support that the party enjoyed in the last Presidential election, especially from women and youth and assured them that government will do more to improve their lives.

“I wish to thank the women and youth of this country for the number of votes they gave President Buhari in the 2019 election and to assure that he will continue to do his best to make Nigeria a better country.”

One of the speakers at the event, Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika praised the electorate for choosing President Buhari, whose integrity, he said, is time-tested.

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