I wont have an office for FIRST LADY says Buhari

General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd)
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
retired General Muhammadu Buhari says he will not have an
office for first lady if elected in next year’s election.
In an exclusive interview with Weekly Trust in Kaduna, Buhari
said his decision was premised on the fact there is no office
of first lady in the Nigerian constitution, just as there is no
official role for presidents’ wives.
Rather, he said ministries which are constitutional should be
allowed to play their roles.
“There is the Ministry of Women Affairs, and so on”, he said.
The APC flag bearer said women would however play very
important roles in his administration.
“I was raised by my mother, as I lost my father when I was
under six years, so I know what a woman can do if given the
chance,” he said, adding that he sees them as his
cornerstone.
General Buhari also spoke on the situation in Chibok, Borno
State, where over 200 schoolgirls were abducted by the
terrorist group, Boko Haram and remain in their captivity.
“Imagine a mother with a teenage daughter there and for
seven months and has no clue where she is”, he said, noting
that women’s effort in looking after children, apart from the
pain of childbirth, aggravates the pain of losing a child.
“Roughly one year in their tummy and from the time they are
born until they clock six, children tend to assume they know
everything, but it is women, their mothers, who are
responsible for them. I have the greatest respect for women,”
he said.