BEVERLY HILLS, August 03, (THEWILL) – The wife of President Mohammadu Buhari, Aisha Buhari, has called on Igbo women to lead in making Nigeria one united country.
She stated this on Thursday in Owerri, during the 2017 women August meeting, organized by Governor Rochas Okorocha’s wife, Nneoma Okorocha, held at Heroes square in the state.
Aisha insisted that women have the capacity to make peace and bring unity in the society adding that women should lead in terms of unity of the country.
The 2017 August meeting is an opportunity for women at all levels in Igboland to come together and discuss burning issues for development of the local communities,” she stated.
“Women should lead in the process to make Nigeria one united country. I see this gathering as a gathering of women to come together and discuss development issues. I also see this gathering as a celebration of the resourcefulness of womanhood.
“It is important because it is a rare opportunity for local people to come together to dialogue the way forward for our society. We women are building bridges for peace in the country. I also promise to give my own support in the development of humanity.”
Speaking also at the meeting, Nneoma Okorocha, said that the needed transformation in the country would be archived if all women acquire education insisting that women are indispensable group in the development of any nation.
“As already stated, women are indispensable group in the development of any nation and fundamental instrument for transforming the society into a better one as they accelerate the economic, religious and socio-political orders.
“Indeed, God in his infinite wisdom endowed women with the gift of motherhood, a great potential that makes them special specie. It is a truism that the world would be incomplete and will figuratively have an insipid taste if women do not exist in it.
“Specifically, transformation needed will be possible, if education is attained by all women.”
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