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.
According to her, the women want the appointment of a woman in that office instead of that of a man.
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 and especially the women.
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.
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