Why I Was Away For Two Months~ Nigeria's first lady, Aisha

Wife of Nigerian President Aisha Buhari on Sunday returned to the country after a long holiday in the United Kingdom (UK) where she stayed back to attend to her health, following medical advice.

Her Director of Information, Suleiman Haruna, in a statement, said Mrs. Buhari, who arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at 4:30 a.m. via a British Airways flight, was received by the wife of Kogi State governor, Rashida Bello, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Administration), Hajo Sani, and the wife of former governor of Nasarawa State, Mairo Al-Makura, among others.
The First Lady who was full of gratitude to God for the safe journey after leaving Nigeria since August said she was happy to be home after a well-deserved rest and now fully rejuvenated to continue her work of improving health and wellbeing of women, children, and other vulnerable Nigerians.
“It has been a tradition for us. For like 20 to 27 years now, if our children are on holiday, we used to spend the holiday with them.
“I never abandoned my children and last year, I went to Spain and spent two months with Zahra when she gave birth. So, the same this year’s holiday in the U.K. I fell sick, so, I stayed back to see a doctor and the doctor advised me to stay back to attend to my health.
“From the U.K, I traveled to Saudi Arabia for hajj and returned to England on doctor’s advice and they also advised that I should slow down my activities.’’
She expressed gratitude to her husband for approving assistance to her office in the mission of improving the lives and wellbeing of women and children in Nigeria while she was away.
Buhari cautioned against spreading fake news in the country, saying that it did no good to anyone, and urged stakeholders to make efforts to check the menace.
“The genesis of this fake news started when my husband fell sick and perpetrators of this act were showing fake ambulance, hospital and dead body suggesting that my husband is dead.
“That time, I received so many calls from other first ladies and presidents of other countries to confirm; so I called the attention of the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC), the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) and the National Orientation Agency (NOA) to the fake news.