APEX REPORTERS REMEMBERS LATE MRS MARYAM BABANGIDA FOR HER GOOD GOVERNANCE

 

Former First Lady and Founder of the Better Life Programme for Rural Women, Dr Maryam Babangida(late) said the programme, launched in 1986, was a successful programme that impacted positively on women from all spheres of life.

Speaking at the inaugural consultative meeting of African Women’s Health Initiative, a Non Governmental Organisation whose objective is to participate in the development and promotion of better health care for African women, Mrs Babangida said the programme remains a benchmark for national development programmes, and a bonafide component of governance at the highest level in Nigeria, ensuring the establishment of the National Commission for Women, which was later upgraded to the Ministry of Women Affairs.