By Cross Udo, Abuja
The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, yesterday counselled female lawmakers in the National Assembly to be teachable to learn new things, and be faithful to their constituents.
The President’s wife gave the administration when the female lawmakers paid her a courtesy visit in her Office at the Presidential Villa.
The lawmakers consisted of female members of both the House of Representatives and Senate,
According to a release by her spokesperson, Busola Kukoyi, the First Lady, while expressing her delight at the visit, especially as she served at the Senate in the last twelve 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”.
She advised the women to be teachable, learn new things, and try those new things as this would give them an advantage in the discharge of their responsibilities as lawmakers and women in particular.
The First Lady 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, the representative of the female National Assembly members, Kafilat Ogbara, representing Kosofe federal constituency of Lagos State said the visit was to congratulate the First Lady on the success of the 2023 general elections that brought into office, His Excellency President Bola Tinubu and Senator Kashim Shettima.
The lawmakers pledged their support and cooperation to the course of Nation building and also to lend a hand of fellowship whenever the need arises to the First Lady.
Those who visited the First Lady were 18 in number comprising three senators and 15 members of the House of Representatives.
