Aisha Buhari receives African First Ladies ahead of AFLPM Summit

Nigeria`s First Lady, Aisha Buhari, on Sunday received her counterparts from Sierra Leone, Congo Brazzaville, Sao Tome and Principe as well as representatives of Zimbabwe, Cote D`voire and Mauritania ahead of the 9th Summit of the African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM)

Our correspondent reports that, those on arrival were Maria de Fatima Vila Nova, of Sao Tome and Principe, Antoinette Sassou Nguesso, of Congo Brazzaville.Fatima Maada Bio, of Sierra Leone.

The first lady also received the representatives of the First Ladies of Cote D’voire, Mouritania, and Zimbabwe.

Mrs Buhari, who welcomed the visiting first ladies to Nigeria, expressed delight for the visit.

While fielding questions from State House correspondents, the Special Assistant on media to the first lady,Mr Aliyu Abdullahi, said, the first ladies were in Nigeria for 9th Summit of AFLPM.

Abdullahi said, the aim of the mission was promoting peace and conflict resolution across Africa.

Our correspondent also reports that the event is expected to be attended by the first ladies of Ghana, Liberia, Niger and Namibia among others.