Buhari’s wife requests for Adamawa commissioner’s replacement

Firstclass newsline gathered that the 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."
Tola, who was asked to deliver his speech before that of the wife of
the president, seemed to have sensed the women's countenance,
tactically uttering a few words before inviting the Permanent
Secretary of the Ministry, Hajiya Maisaratu Bello, a woman, to address
the gathering.
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.
Those against it argued that the ministry was meant to carry women
along hence the need to make it exclusively for them, while those in
support said the full name of the ministry is Ministry of Women
Affairs and Social Development making it open for male and female to
be made commissioners.
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).
Firstclassnewsline.net