Picture, they say, is worth more than a thousand words.
Take a good look at the attached photograph and you will see why the wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari is a political powerhouse, whose ability to mobilise people is phenomenal.
I was told that the Banquet Hall of the Government House, Yola, was full to capacity, as the who-is-who in Adamawa, devoid of ethnic, religion and political leanings, honoured her invitation for a Town Hall meeting.
Among the dignitaries that attended the meeting were the State's serving Deputy Governor, Mr. Martin Babale, the Deputy Governor-elect, Seth Crowther, the SSG, Dr. Umar Bindir, Senator Silas Zwingina, Dr. Mahmood Halilu, Gen. Buba Marwa and many more.
Just two months ago, before the elections, some of these politicians were almost at daggers drawn as their parties compete for the political offices available from President down to state assembly members.
What magic the First Lady was able to use to bring together these eminent Adamawa politicians and sons and daughters of the soil, under the same roof, is beyond words. It is no exaggeration if I say that nobody else could have achieved that. The respect and admiration she commands is undeniably unprecedented.
Her contribution towards the success of the APC at the polls is immeasurable. She mobilised Nigerian women in 2015 to vote for President Buhari and repeated the feat In 2019 with a bigger impact when she formed the Women and Youths presidential campaign team which transversed the nooks and corners of this country that helped produce the record votes realised.
Mrs. Aisha Buhari has touched the lives of millions of Nigerians through her philanthropy. Future Assured, her NGO, is today among the country's leading bodies that assist in the transformation of the lives of underprivileged women and children.
For this and much more silent contributions she renders to Nigerians in need, I am suggesting to His Royal Highness, Lamido Adamawa, Dr. Muhammadu Barkindo Aliyu Mustafa, to confer on her the title "Nana Adamawa."
It is a new title I came up with, borrowed from the Alias given to Asma'u, the famous daughter of the founder of the Sokoto Caliphate, Sheikh Usman Bin Fodio. She was a teacher, poet and more. Of course, Nana is also a dignified alias given to all the wives of Prophet Muhammad (SAW).
Mrs. Aisha Buhari is more than just First Lady. She is a Nana. May the Nana Adamawa live long!
~khalid babalau hassan
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