By Julius
Oweh
The relationship between a husband and a wife is so iron clad that no person or matter can come between them especially in a blissful atmosphere. Wives are known to protect the interest of their husbands especially in the public domain and the stakes are even higher should the husband be a politician and a president at that. Aisha Buhari, the spouse of President Muhammadu Buhari cuts a perfect picture of a dutiful and obedient spouse.
The relationship between a husband and a wife is so iron clad that no person or matter can come between them especially in a blissful atmosphere. Wives are known to protect the interest of their husbands especially in the public domain and the stakes are even higher should the husband be a politician and a president at that. Aisha Buhari, the spouse of President Muhammadu Buhari cuts a perfect picture of a dutiful and obedient spouse.
*President Buhari and wife, Aisha |
The highly urbane and articulate Aisha was initially not involved
in the soap box oratory and campaigns until Madame Patience Jonathan drew her
into the arena. Since then, she has continued to distinguished herself as a
proud wife and mother both to her children and husband. She has brought
intellectualism and dignity to the office of the First Lady even though she has
refused to bear the title and preferred to be to as the wife of the
president. A case of six and half a dozen!
Courting the mass media is a dangerous terrain to those not aware of its
enormous power and influence. The mass media can make or mar any personality
depending on the level of interaction. That is why those who know the power and
influence of the mass media tread carefully. It is one civics lesson Aisha
Buhari may learn rather too late. Speaking to the Hausa service of the BBC,
Aisha Buhari lamented that the government of her spouse has been hijacked by a
cabal, adding that those who worked for her husband’s victory have been left in
the cold.
Listen to part of that interview: "He is yet to tell me but I
have decided as his wife that if things continue like this up to 2019. I will
not go out and campaign again and ask any woman to vote like I did before. I
will never do it again… The president does not know 45 out of 50.I don't know
them either despite been his wife for 27 years. Some of them don't even have
voters card and those who made sacrifice have been reduced to nothing and
certainly, I ‘m not happy with the way things are going."
The Aisha Buhari assessment is full of candour and the best
description yet of the Buhari administration. It has nothing to do with the
partisan views of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, or that of Governor
Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti
State . Coming from a
better half of the president, it is really on the mark. It is more of a
struggle between spouse obligations and the spirit of patriotism. In this case,
patriotism seems to have the upper hand.