Follow Us on Google
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
Former First Lady of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan, visited the current First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, on a solidarity visit and expressed her confidence in Tinubu’s ability to deliver on her new assignment as the mother of the nation.
In a statement issued by her media aide, Busola Kukoyi, Mrs. Jonathan also commended women groups for their support of President Bola Tinubu and his wife and urged them to maintain their support for the administration to sustain the patriotic efforts so far taken by the government.
She also encouraged Mrs. Tinubu to make Nigerian women proud and promised to support and work with her for the country to move forward.
Mrs. Jonathan said: “You are one of the women that I looked forward to, because you can make Nigerian women proud, I am here to encourage and support you because we are one country and our country must move forward.
“Twenty four hours, I am with you, call me anytime, any day, I will work with you for the country to move forward and to be better, because it is our country we have no other place to go.
“When we talk about presidency, we have come and left, it is your turn, we that left must support you to achieve what you are here for like we have achived, so that Nigeria can move forward.
“I use this opportunity to plead with the women of this country to support this government; she carried us along when she was a governor’s wife, now that she is a First Lady, the sky is her limit”, she said.
Tinubu, in turn, thanked Mrs. Jonathan for her support and advice.
“We thank God that she is here on a solidarity visit and for us to talk on how to move the nation forward. I appreciate her visit, her support and all the tips she is always giving,’’ the First Lady. said.
Patience Jonathan was the First Lady between 2010 and 2015 when her husband, Goodluck Jonathan, was the President
