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| The protesters in Abuja today |
She specifically regretted that the market women were not
involved in the activities and programmes of the First Lady, Aisha Buhari,
prompting the women to inundate her office daily with complaints and protest.
The market leader said what was more annoying to her group
was that a new market association had sprung up in the federal capital and that
members of the association belonged to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party.
She said, “We only hear on the news that the first lady is
doing a programme, this and that, and we just see it on the news and they
wouldn’t allow me to be. All the complaints come to my table morning and night
and I say okay, enough is enough.
“We even heard that another FCT woman leader that is organising
another market association and named it Association of Organised Market People
in Abuja and most of these people are PDP, they were nowhere to be found when
we were working for the party day and night.
“So, now our people are not happy because they need to
benefit from where they believe they have the right to and all we need, all we
are crying for is for the government to give them sense of belonging and
carrying them along properly.”
Asked if her father, Mr. Tinubu, was aware of the agitation
of the market men and women, she said it was immaterial because she had to
represent her group well.
“Because, I am the daughter of the national leader of APC
doesn’t mean that I must not represent my people well.
“I have to represent my people’s opinion. I am a leader and
as a leader my people are crying foul and I won’t fold my hands and keep quiet
because my father is a national leader, it is wrong.
“I am not mobilizing against the party, no. I am solidly
behind the party. I have worked for the party before and I will still work for
the party tomorrow, but that does not stop me from saying the truth.
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