In this piece, OLALEKAN ADETAYO and eniola akinkuotu write on the influential personalities that will be largely affected by President Goodluck Jonathan’s exit
That President Goodluck Jonathan lost
the March 28 presidential election is no longer news. Although he has
been in the saddle for about six years, he has not been leading the
country alone. By virtue of being very close to the President, there are
men and women who have been wielding huge influence on his Presidency.
It is therefore no gainsaying that
Jonathan did not lose this election alone. These people calling the
shots from their various comfort zones are also losers in their own
right. Who are these President’s men and women?
Mrs. Patience Jonathan
Mrs. Patience Jonathan is the wife of
the President. Like wives of Presidents before her, she runs the Office
of the First Lady with glamour despite the fact that the office is not
recognised in the nation’s constitution. So powerful is the woman who
prefers to be called Mama Peace that she was also elected the President
of the African First Ladies Mission, a body of wives of Presidents
across the continent. She also founded a non-governmental organisation,
Women for Change, which has the mandate of empowering women nationwide.
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