By Asma’u Ahmad
The Wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, has flagged off a special medical outreach programme in Sokoto, with a promise to reach at least 3,000 women and children.
The outreach programme was organized under Aisha Buhari’s pet project – Future-Assured Programme, in partnership with the pet programme of the Wife of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the Maryam Tambuwal Legacy Initiative.
Speaking at the ceremony, Aisha Buhari, represented by the Wife of the Speaker, House of Representatives, Mrs. Gimbiya Yakubu Dogara, said that the gesture was part of activities to mark the tenth anniversary of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammas Sa’ad Abubakar III, on the throne.
She said that the gesture was also part of her unwavering commitment to the health of Nigerian women, children and other vulnerable groups.
The president wife urged wives of State Governors to initiate steps toward caring for women, children and other vulnerable groups to give them a sense of belonging.
In her speech, Mrs. Tambuwal described the wife of the President as a dexterous mother of the nation, and commended her sustained support to Nigerian women and children.
The Sokoto State Health Commissioner, Dr. Balarabe Kakale, in his remarks, said that the outreach had a lot of medical packages that included de-worming of pupils, provision of vitamin A supplements and anti-malarial drugs.
