First Lady, Patience Jonathan is
reportedly set to relinquish her position as the President of the
African Ladies Peace Mission, two months before her tenure officially
expires.
Mrs Jonathan will be expected to quit due to her husband, President Goodluck Jonathan’s loss in Nigeria’s presidential elections.
The
organization comprises of Presidents’ wives from all over Africa and
Mrs Jonathan will cease to be a First Lady from May 29, 2015, when her
husband hands over to President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari.
The necessary arrangements for the First Lady’s resignation have been put in place, Punch reports.
Mrs
Jonathan is said to have called an emergency meeting of the mission, to
hold on May 15, 2015, in order to hand over to a successor in order to
avoid a leadership vacuum.
She was elected President of the body at its seventh summit in July 2012 and her tenure would have expired in July 2015.
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