…Urge govs to support First Ladies pet projects
Clement Nnachi, Abakaliki
Wives of governors of the southern states of the country, under the guise of Southern Governors’ Wives Forum are currently meeting in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, where they are soliciting states governors in the country to strive and support various pet projects initiated in their wives to enhance governance.
The Southern Governor’s Wives Forum is the umbrella body of First Ladies in the South East, South South and South West geo-political zones of the country.
Chairperson of the Forum and wife of the Governor of Edo State, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, made the appeal at the Executive Council Chambers, in Abakaliki, on Friday, when she led members of the Forum on a courtesy visit to Governor David Umahi.
According to her, “Wives of governors contributed in the promotion of peace and security in their various states, in addition to the promotion of women’s right and empowerment.
“The Southern Governor’s Wives complement the duties of the governors in their various states.”
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Mrs. Obaseki reiterated that the mission of the Forum was to provide a platform for good governance in their respective states.
She said that the Southern Governor’s Wives Forum was inaugurated by the wife of the President, Hajia Aisha Buhari in 2016.
Earlier, in his speech, Governor David Umahi extolled the Forum for the giant strides recorded by them in advancing the course of development in their various states.
In the words of the governor, “Governor’s Wives are the stabilisers of government, the crop of governors we have now in Nigeria is for the blessings of the nation. Wives of governors are the makers of the victory we savour in our state.”
Governor Umahi commended the wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, for inaugurating the Forum which has created cohesion in Nigeria.
In attendance during the courtesy visit included the Ebonyi State deputy governor Dr. Kelechi Igwe, members of the state’s Executive Council, traditional rulers, members of the state’s House of Assembly, the state’s Commissioner of Police, Awotinde Awoshola, and representative of the Department of State Services (DSS).
The Southern Governors’ Wives Forum organises meetings on quarterly basis across the 17 states that make up the Forum namely Edo, Ebonyi, Imo, Abia, Anambra, Cross River, Osun, Lagos, Akwa Ibom, Ekiti, Delta, Bayelsa, Ogun, Oyo, Enugu, Rivers, Ondo states.