Patience Jonathan to quit as President of African First Ladies

Following her husband's defeat at the recently
held presidential election, Mrs Patience Jonathan
has called for an emergency meeting of the
African Ladies Peace Mission where she has
served as President since July 2012. Mrs
Jonathan was elected President of the group in
July 2012 and was expected to do two year term
but with the exit of her husband from office, she
will have to handover as President to someone
else. Read the letter calling for the emergency
meeting after the cut...
"Your Excellency may recall that Nigeria
was re-elected President of the AFLPM at
the 7th Summit in Abuja in July 2012. With
the recent election in my country and a
new government coming on board from
May 29, 2015, it has become necessary to
convene an emergency summit of the
AFLPM to facilitate a smooth and formal
hand over to the new Executive Committee
that will pilot the affairs of the Peace
Mission for the next two years. The
Emergency Summit is proposed for Friday,
May 15, 2015 at the Interim Secretariat of
the African First Ladies Peace Mission,
Abuja by 2pm. The Summit will, however,
be preceded by the 4th meeting of the
Executive Bureau by 9am, on May 15 at
the same venue. The Bureau Meeting is for
members of the Executive Bureau,
comprising South Africa, Sudan,
Cameroon, Libya and Congo Brazzaville. In
the light of the above, may I appeal to
Your Excellency to give utmost
consideration to attending the Emergency
Summit in order to ensure that our
organisation maintains its current
momentum. We will deeply appreciate
your kind early response to help us in
planning the Summit, in view of limited
time available to us.”