My wife belongs to my kitchen, Buhari responds to Aisha’s interview

ABUJA – President Muhammadu Buhari has laughed off his wife Aisha’s comment that she may not support him if he runs for election come 2019.

President Buhari and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. President Muhammadu Buhari, laughing off the comment, said, his wife the first lady, belongs to his kitchen and that he knows not which party she belongs to. “I don’t know which party my wife belongs to, but she belongs to my kitchen and my living room and the other room.” His comments to reporters in Germany promted German Chancellor Angela Merkel, standing at his side, to give him a short glare and then laughed. Recall that in an interview with BBC Hausa-language service broadcast Friday, Aisha Buhari had said that her husband did not know many top government appointees in his cabinet. She also accused them of not sharing the vision of her husband’s party, the All Progressives Congress party. Although she did not mention any names, she however asked people to watch out for them on the television programmes. Buhari, who was a military dictator in the 1980s, was elected in his fourth run at the presidency in 2015 on the back of a coalition that includes former foes and opportunists who abandoned the former governing party of defeated President Goodluck Jonathan. Buhari has not said whether he will run again in 2019. “He is yet to tell me, but I have decided as his wife that if things continue like this up to 2019, I will not go out and campaign again and ask any woman to vote like I did before. I will never do it again,” Aisha Buhari said. In his comments to reporters, Buhari also said he hopes his wife will remember that he ran for presidency three times before succeeding on the fourth effort. “So I claim superior knowledge over her and the rest of the opposition, because in the end I have succeeded.

It’s not easy to satisfy the whole Nigerian opposition parties or to participate in the government.” Buhari had campaigned on promises to crack down on corruption and turn the tide against the Boko Haram insurgency. His government yesterday announced the first negotiated release of 21 of 218 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014. However, Nigeria’s northeast faces a famine that threatens to kill tens of thousands of children after Boko Haram disrupted the region’s transportation and farming. Some areas remain dangerous and inaccessible. Nigeria has also fallen into recession amid slumped oil prices and lost its position as Africa’s biggest petroleum producer as militants attacked pipelines in the south

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FG promises education, employment for 21 Chibok girls

The Federal Government on Thursday promised to facilitate education and employment of the 21 Chibok girls released by Boko Haram.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo made the promise when he visited the girls in Abuja.
According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo also told the girls that President Muhammadu Buhari was very excited with their release from captivity.
He said: “Welcome back girls. I am sure you know that the whole country has been waiting for you to come back, all these many months, the whole country has been waiting that one day we will see you again and we are very happy to see you back!
“We are going to bring your parents; your parents will be coming here to join you. You can’t immediately be taken out of here because we need to be sure that you are in very good health.

The Federal Government on Thursday promised to facilitate education and employment of the 21 Chibok girls released by Boko Haram.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo made the promise when he visited the girls in Abuja.
According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo also told the girls that President Muhammadu Buhari was very excited with their release from captivity.
He said: “Welcome back girls. I am sure you know that the whole country has been waiting for you to come back, all these many months, the whole country has been waiting that one day we will see you again and we are very happy to see you back!
“We are going to bring your parents; your parents will be coming here to join you. You can’t immediately be taken out of here because we need to be sure that you are in very good health.
“I am sure you are going to be very well taken care of. We have provided very good accommodation for you where you will stay where you will sleep and your parents will come and meet you there also.
“We are also going to see to it that everything that you require going forward, perhaps your education, those who need to go back to school, those who need to find employment, we are going to make sure that we make all the provisions for you.” He added
He said that the Federal Government is very committed to their rescue and welfare.
“The president in particular, has asked me to tell you, how excited he is. When you were away, he kept saying that if it were his daughter he wouldn’t even know what to do.
“So we are all very excited that you are here. We are all happy that God has preserved your lives and brought you back.
“We know that very soon all will be well and I am sure that when you meet with your parents they will be very excited to meet you,” he said.
The Vice President told the girls that the government has already contacted their parents who will soon join them.
“So we are all looking forward to how you are going to settle in very nicely. The doctors have all the kinds of treatment that you will need, so you are all welcome back and we are all very excited to see,”  he stated.
The Vice President had earlier prayed for the girls.
The names of the 21 girls, according to another statement, included Mary Usman Bulama, Jummai John, Blessing Abana, Luggwa Sanda, Comfort Habila, Maryam Basheer, Comfort Amos, Glory Mainta, Saratu Emmanuel.
Others include Deborah Ja’afaru (whose baby’s name is Bukar Amos), Rahab Ibrahim, Helen Musa, Maryamu Lawan, Rebecca Ibrahim, Asabe Goni, Deborah Andrawus, Agnes Gapani, Saratu Markus, Glory Dama, Pindah Nuhu and Rebecca Mallam.

Credit: THE NATION.

Mistakes and accidents do happen

Years back, my friend had finished washing her clothes and she hang them nicely on the line. When she turned to walk away with satisfaction that she was done doing laundry, the line gave way and all the clothes fell to the ground. Imagine wet clothes falling on dirty ground. Her heart sank. But she didn't give up and leave them there. They were still her clothes and she would still wear them. So, she picked them up all soiled and rinsed the dirt off. The longer you leave clothes with soil, the harder it would be to wash.
Lessons:
1. Mistakes and accidents do happen. Correct them immediately before they get out of hand.

2. Dark and bright clothes experienced the same thing when the line fell: Setbacks or mistakes have no color or status. They happen to all of us, therefore don't feel like you're the worst person in the world. Just don't give up, keep trying.