Thursday, April 23, 2015

Patience Jonathan Set To Resign As President Of African First Ladies Peace Mission

Patience Jonathan. Photo: newswirengr.com



Following the defeat of her husband, President Goodluck Jonathan in the March 28 presidential election, it has become imperative for Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan to quit her position as the President of the African Ladies Peace Mission. Emerging reports have it that Patience Jonathan is to quit her position even though it is two months before the expiration of her tenure.

She was elected the mission’s President at its seventh summit held in Abuja in July 2012 and her tenure would have expired in July 2015 when a new president would have been elected.

However, since she will cease to be Nigeria’s President’s wife from May 29 when her husband will hand over power to the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, Mrs. Jonathan had summoned an emergency summit of the mission for May 15 for the purpose of electing her successor.

A copy of the invitation to members dated April 6 and personally signed by the President’s wife, revealed that she summoned the emergency summit to ensure that there would not be leadership vacuum in the organisation as it happened in 2010 when her predecessor left office without handing over.

An excerpt of the invitation reads:


“…Your Excellency may recall that Nigeria was re-elected President of the AFLPM at the 7th Summit in Abuja in July 2012. With the recent election in my country and a new government coming on board from May 29, 2015, it has become necessary to convene an emergency summit of the AFLPM to facilitate a smooth and formal hand over to the new Executive Committee that will pilot the affairs of the Peace Mission for the next two years.

“The Emergency Summit is proposed for Friday, May 15, 2015 at the Interim Secretariat of the African First Ladies Peace Mission, Abuja by 2pm. The Summit will, however, be preceded by the 4th meeting of the Executive Bureau by 9am, on May 15 at the same venue. The Bureau Meeting is for members of the Executive Bureau, comprising South Africa, Sudan, Cameroon, Libya and Congo Brazzaville.

“…In the light of the above, may I appeal to Your Excellency to give utmost consideration to attending the Emergency Summit in order to ensure that our organisation maintains its current momentum.

“We will deeply appreciate your kind early response to help us in planning the Summit, in view of limited time available to us.”

The mission comprises of wives of Presidents of all African countries.

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