The
official portrait for Her Excellency Aisha Buhari has been released hours after
her husband was sworn-in as the new president on May 29, 2015, Friday.
The new
photo has the national flag of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the
background. It will be used for official purposes by the presidency and its office.
During
the campaign period Muhammadu Buhari first addressed the issue of the Office of the First Lady in December
2014. He said it was
“not
mentioned in the Nigerian constitution, and there was no official role for
presidents’ wives described in the main law of the country“.
Aisha
Buhari reacted to this statement, saying that this fact would not prevent her
from doing her work: participating in various charity activities, visiting
orphanages, caring for society’s downtrodden and etc.
In a
recent interview, after her husband’s victory at the presidential
election, Aisha made an important remark about her status:
“I think
I will prefer to be called the wife of the president of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria than the first lady of Nigeria”.
There is
no clear answer at the moment on whether the Office of the First Lady would be
set up or not. Therefore, the true significance of the photo remains unclear
for many Nigerians
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