Mrs Buhari appointed Grand patron of Nigeria-Morocco women

The First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has reaffirmed her commitment to improving lives of women and children in Nigeria.

Mrs Buhari said this after she was installed as the Grand Patron of Nigeria-Morocco women summit in Marrakech, Morocco.

She was decorated during the maiden edition of the Nigeria-Morocco Businesswomen Summit in Marrakech.

In a statement made available to Newsmen, her Director of Information, Mr Suleiman Haruna, said the award was in recognition of her commitment to uplift the living standards of women and children.

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First lady was represented by the wife of the Speaker of the Nigeria’s House of Representative, Mrs Gimbiya Dogara.

Expressing her happiness for the award, the wife of the President said that it was borne out of her passion for improving the lives of women and children.

” We organize medical outreach programmes, skill acquisition sessions, women empowerment programmes as well as advocacy for the rights of women and the girl child.

” These initiatives are the contributions we are making to ensure that the future of women and children is assured, that was why, I named my pet project Future Assured” .

She added that the programme also provided an avenue to improve business relationship between women from both countries.

She, therefore, called on women to support each other and contribute to the economic development of their countries.

The chairman of the occassion Mr. Hassan Lahlou while explaining the rationale for honouring Mrs. Buhari, said her efforts at empowering women has been widely recognized and should be encouraged.

Lahlou added that, thousands of women have become self-reliant by learning vocational skills, courtesy of her Future Assured Programme.

He said the event was aimed at establishing a strong business relationship between women of the two countries.

” The summit also provides opportunities for stakeholders to connect, share, collaborate and make plans on how to invest, grow, and develop women’s businesses both in small and large scale”