Buhari administration scraps Office of The First Lady

The presidency has disclosed that an official portfolio was yet to be assigned to be Aisha, the wife of President Muhmmadu Buhari, hinting of a possible scrapping of the First Lady’s office and likely renaming it as Office of the Wife of the President.The Presidency stated this while reacting to allegations in some Nigerian media that the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari has moved into the First Lady’s office in the Aso Villa.According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Shehu Garba, the presidency described allegation as false, and that there was nothing wrong if Mrs. Buhari makes use of the office space reserved for the First Lady, and that she  had not done so in her capacity.

The Presidency aslo stated that the era of the First Ladies issuing oil wells and licenses has gone.

“President Buhari promised that there would be a clear difference between the role played by his wife during his tenure and that played by many previous First Ladies. The ideal platform from which the President's wife will be useful to Nigerian women and children are still being thought out. Once this has been concluded on, Mrs. Buhari’s role will become clearer to all Nigerians. There will be nothing shady or hidden about it. There will be no access to public funds. It will be purely private and voluntary”, he said.

“Out of respect to Mrs. Buhari, the Sierra-Leonian First Lady, Mrs. SiaKoroma recently surrendered her position of head of Africa’s First Ladies to Mrs. Buhari, inviting her to take up the same seat which Mrs. Jonathan hurriedly handed over a few weeks to the handover of her husband’s government to President Buhari. Again, all these things are currently under consideration and no decision has been arrived at presently,” The Presidency said.