The wife of the President, Mrs. Aisah Buhari has said that COVID-19 has had a huge impact on women just as she lamented that women and girls in Nigeria have continued to suffer abductions.
Aisah Buhari speaking in a statement on Monday in commemoration of the 2021 International Women’s Day Celebration decried the spate of kidnapping of schoolgirls in Nigeria.
She went to say that as a mother she shared the sorrow and agony of the victims and their families.
She lamented the impact that these abductions could have in reverting the many successes hitherto achieved, especially in terms of girl-child education and early marriages.
The statement in parts read: “COVID-19 has had a huge impact on women: disrupted education and careers, lost jobs, descent into poverty, and proliferation of domestic violence. Many have also died or suffered due to lack of access to basic information on the pandemic.
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It is therefore important, not just to continue spreading the message of the COVID-19 protocol, but to remember and support those who have been affected negatively by the pandemic in one way or another.
“Away from COVID-19, women and girls in Nigeria have continued to suffer abductions both in the hands of insurgents and bandits. As a mother I share the sorrow and agony of the victims and their families.
I am also not unaware of the impact that these abductions could have in reverting many successes we have hitherto achieved, especially in terms of girl-child education and early marriages.
“I call on all stakeholders to continue to exert their different levels of influence and bring these abductions to an end and to assure us that girls are safe anywhere they may find themselves.
“My best wishes to women all over the world for their resilience, hard work and commitment to the progress of humanity.
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— Aisha M. Buhari (@aishambuhari) March 8, 2021
