BEVERLY HILLS, November 20, (THEWILL) – Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, has been invested as Global Grant Patron of Nigeria-Morocco Businesswomen Summit.

The investiture was in recognition of her commitment to uplift the living standards of women and children.

A statement issued on Sunday by Suleiman Haruna, Director of Information to Wife of the President, said that Mrs. Buhari was decorated during the maiden edition of the Nigeria-Morocco Businesswomen Summit in Marrakech, Morocco on Wednesday 15th November, 2017.

Haruna revealed that Mrs Buhari was represented at the event by Mrs. Gimbiya Dogara, wife of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

In her acceptance speech, Mrs. Buhari said her passion for improving the lives of women and children is the reason she organizes medical outreach programmes, skill acquisition sessions, women empowerment programmes as well as advocacy for the rights of women and the girl child.

These initiatives, she said, are the contributions she is making to ensure that the future of women and children is assured; and that was why she named her pet project Future Assured.