Wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha
Buhari, on Friday called on Governor Muhammed Bindow Jibrilla of Adamawa
State to swap his male Commissioner for Women Affairs, Alhaji Aliyu
Tola, with a woman.
Hajiya Buhari made the call in Yola, the
capital, while inaugurating a free medical check-up for 2,000 women in
the state under her pet project, the Aisha Buhari Women Health
Initiative.
She said women in the state were
protesting the appointment of a man as commissioner and appealed to the
governor to appoint a woman in that office instead.
She said, “The women are protesting.
They asked me to pass their wishes to have a woman as their commissioner
for women affairs.”
The appointment of Tola as the first male Commissioner of Women Affairs
in Adamawa has sparked debate in the state with some criticising it and
others supporting it.
There are four female commissioners in Adamawa. They are Dr. Fatima
Atiku Abubakar (Health), Barrister Lilian Kayode (Works), Mrs. Victoria
Sashi (Mineral Resources) and Dr. Kaleptawa Farauta (Education).
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