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| Wole Soyinka |
Nobel Laurete Wole Soyinka has called on African First Lady to dissociate themselves from the proposed four billion naira building of Patience Jonathan's African First Ladies Mission Initiative in Abuja.
Soyinka's position was contain in a Valentine
message send to the First Lady and read during a protest by a cross section of
woman against the project in Lagos.
The Nobel Laurel urged the African First Ladies to
reject what he described as a mind-boggling fiscal misappropriation of four
billion naira in their names.
He said this is an attempt to openly
institutionalize an illegality by bringing down democratic process.
For her part, organiser of the rally and the
President of Women Arise for Change Initiative, Doctor Joe Okei-Odumakin called
on the President to direct the FCT Minister, Bala Muhammed to withdraw
budget allocation and sack him for this assault on public morality.
She also called for the scrapping of the
unconstitutional office of the First Lady and spouses of elected officials to
play no more than ceremonial roles.
Governor Babatunde Fashola in his response, urged
the protesters to take advantage of the ongoing constitution review to address
their problems.
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