Nigeria’s first lady, Senator Remi Tinubu, has been elected as a member of the steering committee of the Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD), the highest decision making body of the organisation.
She will serve in the new position for a two year tenure.
This was at the 29th Ordinary General Assembly of the organisation ongoing in Addis Ababa on the sidelines of the 38th African Union Summit Ordinary Session.
According to a statement by her media aide, Busola Kukuyi, she joins the eight-member committee as one of the two members representing West Africa. Other member nations elected include Sierra Leone whose first lady is the new president of the organisation, Angola, whose first lady is the vice president, Malawi, Kenya, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea and Congo.