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).
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