First Lady receives female lawmakers, advises them to remain faithful to constituents

From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja

First Lady of Nigeria, Oluremi Tinubu on Wednesday advised female lawmakers to remain faithful to their constituents that voted them in office.

In an official statement released by her Media Aide, Bukola Kukoyi, the First Lady gave the advice when she received female Senators and Members of the House of Representatives who paid her courtesy visit in the State House.

The First Lady while expressing her delight at the visit especially as she served at the Senate in the last 12 years said “you are the women here at the National Assembly for the masses and you should not take this for granted.

“As a former Lawmaker, I advise you to please work together, irrespective of party affiliation because the success of the nation depends on this”.

The First Lady advised the women to be teachable, learn new things as this would give them an advantage in the discharge of their responsibilities as Lawmakers and women in particular.

Mrs. Tinubu said, “When men are in the position of power, they do not see gender, so you as women should not fight a man who does not see gender when fighting for power”.

She urged the women not to lose their femininity in the execution of their duties.

She prayed for victory for the female Lawmakers who have pending court cases.

In her remarks at the event, the representatives of the Female National Assembly members, Hon Kafilat Ogbara representing Kosofe Federal Constituency, Lagos, said the visit was to congratulate the First Lady on the success of the 2023 general elections that brought into office, President Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima.

The female lawmakers pledged their support and cooperation to the course of nation building and also to lend a hand of fellowship whenever the need arises for the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Those who visited the First Lady were three (3) Senators and fifteen (15) members of the House of Representatives.