Mrs Titi Abubakar,wife of former Vice President and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP,Atiku Abubakar,has lamented neglect by Nigerians, saying they have refused to support her pet project,Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation, WOTCLEF just because she’s married to the politician and business tycoon.
Mrs Abubakar spoke in Abuja on Saturday evening,in her remarks after being conferred with the Champion 2023 Leadership Award,by Champion Newspapers Limited. ” There was a day I put an advert in the newspaper that these children I’m taking care of are not my children but Nigerian children ,that even if it is one Penny,they should all contribute and still nobody contributed anything. They said after all, I’m Atiku’s wife. It is one thing to be married to Atiku and it is another thing to have the passion to do what I’m doing. And because I have the passion for what I was doing,I continued to strive.
“Out children don’t only go through primary schools but secondary and tertiary education. Two of them just returned from Nasarawa,they are graduates now and here I’m still standing strong,”she said. She hailed the organisers for not only recognising her good work but also chosen give her the coveted award .