The Wife of the President Aisha Muhammadu Buhari being received at the Owerri Airport by Wife of the Governor of Imo State Mrs Nneoma Okorocha.
Mrs Buhari addressing the gathering.
Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday graced the August Meeting of Imo women convened by Wife of the State Governor, Mrs. Nneoma Nkechi Rochas Okorocha.
Held at the Heroes Square, Owerri, the event focused on women and their role in building bridges of friendship across the Niger.
In her address, Mrs. Buhari commended Mrs. Okorocha for her zeal to organize the forum and said the theme of the celebration was apt as it showed the level of maturity, worth and resourcefulness that women had attained.
The number one woman said the event provided an opportunity for women to come together to socialize, dialogue and work for unity among communities.
While calling on Mrs. Okorocha to continue with this effort, she assured of her support, especially in areas having to do with women, children and the underprivileged as she had been doing through the Future Assured Programme.
She also thanked the state Governor, Owelle Anayo Rochas Okorocha for the support he had given to his wife and called on other governors to emulate him in this regard.
Mrs. Nneoma Okorocha, in her address, called on women to build and fortify bridges of friendship because, she said, “friendship is a gateway to love, unity, tolerance and mutual understanding, which every society needs for survival and development.”
She said the nation was passing through a moment which called for intensification of bridge building in Nigeria.
She singled out the wife of the President as a recognized national bridge builder through her Future Assured Programme and “commended her for laying the foundation for the Southern and Northern Governors Wives Fora, which today are building bridges of unity in the country.”
Mrs Okorocha praised women for their role as mothers, wives, peacemakers, caregivers, home builders and bridge builders and called on them to use this power to bring unity to the country.
The governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha in his address said Nigeria, although already a great country, must strive to be better in the no-distant future in order to meet the yearnings and aspirations of her citizens.
He said the movement to make Nigeria a greater country through the promotion of unity and peaceful coexistence was already a reality and that Imo State was part of the movement.
The event was well attended by wives of state governors and associates of the wife of the President.
