Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline K. Tallen, has paid tributes to the late former Minster of Women Affairs, Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan.
Tallen, in a statement she signed personally, described the late Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan as a great woman and political icon.
She said her death was a colossal, irreplaceable and irreparable loss, which had left a big vacuum in the journey of women’s political representation in Nigeria.
“At this crucial time in our Nation’s history, when Nigerian women are agitating for more women representation, we were hit with the sad news of the demise of a great Nigerian woman political icon, “Mama Taraba.’
“Nigerian Women join the family, friends, well wishers, members of the National Assembly, the Government and People of Taraba State to mourn a great woman, an icon of Hope, an Amazon of Nigerian women’s political voice, a lover of the downtrodden, a trail blazer, a former Senator and Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan.
“Her death at this time is indeed a colossal, irreplaceable and irreparable loss, which leaves a big vacuum in the journey for women’s political representation in Nigeria,” Tallen said.
She added that Nigeria had lost one of its finest crusaders of girl-child education, gender advocates, philanthropists, Legal Luminaries and women activists.
Tallen said the Management and Staff members of the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, Development Partners and, indeed, all Nigerians would not forget in a hurry her role in the rehabilitation and reintegration of the released students of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, who were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents.
“As we continue to mourn this phenomenal woman, I want to inform all well-meaning Nigerian women and other stakeholders that a Condolence Register will be opened in her honour from Monday, 10th May, 2021 at the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs Building, opposite Court of Appeal Headquarters, Central Business District, Abuja, from 10:00 a.m.
“May her gentle soul and the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen,” Tallen said
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