United States-based Nigerian groups have announced their plans to protest against First Lady Patience Jonathan’s upcoming visit to the US. Over twenty five groups in the US have announced to stage a protest should the first lady of Nigeria ever visit...ThisDay reports...
The first lady is billed to visit the US for an award by the University of Valparaiso, Indiana, in recognition of her contributions to ‘Women and Children’.
“We dare the first lady to come to Indiana for the award, we have chosen to echo the sentiments of Nigerians back home who despair due to the extreme sacrifices they have been forced to bear while leaders feed on the nation’s resources and allocate to themselves obscene privileges and perks,” a director of one of the groups, Chinedu Izeze, said.
Several groups are also said to be planning to sign a letter asking the school to reconsider the plan to give any award to the first lady, said to have been organised by a lady believed to have arranged several award ceremonies for influential Nigerians.
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