Nigeria First Lady,
Mrs Patience Jonathan locked down the entire Federal Capital Territory
metropolis for the better part of Thursday morning with what she described as
mass rally and carnival organized to take “stock of the gains recorded so far
in the empowerment of Nigerian women and the quest for peace in the country”.
The rally and the
carnival which was still on at the popular Eagles Square as at the time of
writing this story, is organized by the National Council of Women Societies
(NCWS) in collaboration with the office of the First Lady of the Federation.
The National
President of the NCWS, Mrs. Nkechi Mba had told journalists four days ago that
over 15,000 Nigerian women cutting across diverse socio-economic backgrounds
will converge on Abuja today for the a mega rally which will be rounded off with
equally glittering award ceremony later tonight.
However, it is
believed that the programme was organized as part of the ongoing underground
campaign for President Jonathan’s 2015 presidential ambition.
It was observed
that women started arriving Abuja for the carnival from their different states
since yesterday night.
The women, dressed in
wrappers with pictures of President Goodluck Jonathan converged on Eagles
Square, Abuja this morning for the carnival.
The occasion was also
being attended by some female members of President Jonathan’s cabinet, members
of the National Assembly and other prominent women leaders.
Also, present and
taking the salute of women as they marched past with their banners according to
their states or groups, was the wife of the Vice President, Amina Sambo.
However, the closure of the major road in front of the venue of the rally
resulted in unprecedented traffic gridlock with many motorists stuck in the
traffic for many hours.
It was also
gathered that many other roads were closed in other parts of the city.
There were also
massive security deployments as soldiers and well armed policemen were posted
to strategic areas of the Abuja metropolis.
Also, a police
helicopter has been hovering around the city since the programme began in the
morning.
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Yet the canival was cool and coloful atlest we give our see food to eat today we did not get to the office on time because of the holdup, vote goodluck come 2015
ReplyDeleteThis rally by Mrs Jonathan Sucks like she is.
ReplyDeleteThis shows dat Jonathan has been behind his wife Patience all dis y wen she was causing crises here n there especially in Cross River state.Som1 shud pls tell Jonathan n his illiterate wife dat there is no elected office 4 d first lady in our constitution so y are they using d tax payers money to fund all dis unnecessary campaign in disguise wen ASUU are on strike n poverty is every where in d country n she is even disturbing d peace n smooth movement of d people in d city
ReplyDeleteSoon Patience wil turn our wives against us d husband 4 d greedness n lust 4 power of her husband.Wen boko haram are killing innocent citizens,ASUU are on strike n poverty every where yet Jonathan n his illiterate wife thinks what is next is celebrations of our suffering in dis country just 4 their selfishness n lust 4 power
ReplyDeleteAnd she was able to disrupt all other activities..... Good for her.
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