Melinda Gates To Visit Nigeria Thursday

MICHAEL AKINOLA

Mrs Buhari & Mrs Gates at UNGA in New York last year

The wife of Nigerian President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari will play host to philanthropist Mrs. Melinda Gates who will arrival Nigeria on Thursday on a working visit.

While in Nigeria, Mrs Gates and Mrs Buhari will be looking at numerous challenges and vulnerabilities of women and children.

Until recently, these have hardly been the center of discussion at the global and national levels.

But the narrative are set to change with a partnership between Future Assured, the Non-Governmental Organisation of Mrs. Buhari and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

The meeting comes as an aftermath of one of the side meetings at the 71st UN General Assembly geared towards improving the lives of women and girls, where African First Ladies were gathered to make commitments to the development of adolescent girls in Africa.

Addressing the High Level event, on the sidelines of the UNGA in New York, Mrs. Buhari said Mrs. Gates and herself are both passionate about improving the lives of women and children.
This statement is now playing out with the working visit of Mrs. Gates to Nigeria on Thursday.
The meeting is expected to also have in attendance wives of the Governors of the 36 states and the FCT, and other relevant stakeholders.

Funsho Arogundade