First lady visits wounded soldiers

chika ebuzor

January 28, 2016 3:56 AM

Mrs. Buhari praised the Soldiers for their bravery and also assured them that their efforts will not be in vain.

The First lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mrs. Aisha Buhari paid a visit to wounded Soldiers at the 44 Army Reference Hospital in Kaduna on Wednesday, January 27, 2016.

She also called on the Nigerian Army authorities to ensure that salaries of Soldiers fighting against insurgents and those who lost their lives in action, are paid.

She said “I want to urge the Nigerian Army to hasten in paying the benefits of the deceased soldiers as a way of providing succour to their families.”

Punch reports that the President of the Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association and wife of the Chief of Army Staff, Kalsum Buratai, and wives of other top military officers, were with her during the visit.

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The first lady recently donated the sum of N2 million to a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) working for the less privileged in Zamfara.

She has been in the fore-front of the empowerment of women through various skill acquisition programmes, to enable them support their families to cope with the current economic downturn.

chika ebuzor