Aisha Buhari bags excellence, honorary citizens awards in U.S.
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by prudence arobani3 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that the occasion was attended by the first ladies of the gambia niger wives of governors heads of agencies and associates of the wife of the president among others1 buhari was also conferred with the honorary citizen of georgia award from the state of georgia1 she received the awards at the nigeria house in new york for her efforts at fighting gender-based victimisation human trafficking and for uplifting the women in nigeria1 founder and president of the organisation dr blessing itua said the organisation particularly commended mrs buhari for advancing the causes of women and children in nigeria through her pet project future assured1 mrs aisha buhari through her various programmes on women young girls and children support has assisted integrated and provided hope to numerous victims of some of the societal ills in nigeria including human trafficking1 mrs buhari through her pet project future assured campaigns for women and girl-child education empowerment and commitment to improving the lives of the people she serves1 she has also been a strong advocate against victimisation inhumanity including the rape of minors1 within this context she has complimented governments various initiatives by teaming up with relevant stakeholders in nigeria and beyond to address some feminine challenges in the country itua said1 receiving the awards the wife of the president thanked the organisation for considering her worthy of recognition for the award on fighting gender-based victimisation and uplifting womenfolk in nigeria through the future assured programme1 my driving force has been that of commitment and passion in this regard. women have been at the receiving end of conflict instances of abuse and victimisation all over the globe1 the wife of the president mrs aisha buhari has been conferred with distinguished global award for excellence in women empowerment and gender development by global empowerment movement corporation u.s1 as you are all aware my future assured initiative executes a number of programmes to uplift the status of women through health advocacy and support economic and educational empowerment protection against abuse and encouraging political involvement among the women1 our hope is that women will become more aware of the opportunities open to them to live better lives while being confident of the societys protection buhari said1 she dedicated the award to all struggling women and hope that the award will ginger more action in the area of protection against gender bias and victimisation and uplifting the lives of women all over the world1 buhari said that the first lady of the gambia had adopted the future assured to be replicated in her country1 the minister of health prof. isaac adewole testified about the work the future assured had been doing especially in the north east and congratulated the wife of the president for the recognition1 permanent representative of nigeria to the un prof. tijjani bande while commenting on the menace of human trafficking said nigerians are people who admit to our problems and we are starting to address them1 nigeria has what it takes to do what is right and to take its rightful place among the comity of nations1 in the u.s. great things are happening though nigerians nigerians are doing great works here. there are things they are not happy about just like those at home in nigeria1 but we are doing everything possible to address them. this will involve international cooperation the envoy said1 he commended the wife of the president for coming to the nigeria house adding this is nigeria house and we are very happy to do what is right here1 i make it my responsibility to do the very best i can to give hope to those affected and to discourage other cases from happening in nigeria1