Wife of Kogi State governor, Mrs Rashida Bello has been conferred with an award of excellence by the Buhari Campaign Organization.
The award of excellence was presented to Mrs Bello at the Women Initiative programme organized by Buhari Campaign Organisation and Hajia Mariam Ibrahim Foundation in partnership with the office of Director General, Kogi State Grassroots Mobilisation Bureau in Okene on Friday.
The First Lady was honoured with the award for her renowned and outstanding impact on uplifting the living standards of the women, youths and the vulnerable in the state.
She was lauded for her leading role in the reelection campaign of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Receiving the the award, Mrs Rashida Bello expressed delight, assuring that the award will further boost her drive to serve the people of the state more than she has ever done before.
She pledged that her pet project, the Rashida Bello Foundation will continue to strive to improve the lots of women, children, youths, less privileged and the vulnerable in Kogi State.
She thanked the Buhari Campaign Organisation for finding her worthy of such honour and commended her husband, Governor Yahaya Bello for making the women, youths and less privileged in the state one of the focal points of the New Direction Agenda.
She urged the people of the state to continue to support the developmental strides of the administration of the President Muhammadu Buhari and that of her husband, Governor Yahaya Bello targeted at taking Nigeria and Kogi state to the next level.
