The 21 wives, along with some senior officials of the Ministry of Local Government, Adamawa state of Nigeria, reportedly departed the country last week for a training programme in Turkey.
The Chairman of Toungo Local Government and state chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Suleiman Toungo, confirmed the trip.
He defended the initiative, noting that council chairmen themselves had benefited from similar overseas training two months earlier.
“We did our training two months ago, so I do not see anything wrong in our wives going for training outside the country,”
Toungo said; “They are our wives and we need their advice. We are looking at the importance of training them on leadership, not the cost.”
This the height of democratic waste of governance in Nigeria in this century. in the mist of lack of proper medical care, food, good road, water and banditry effecting that state they sponsor their wives on a jamboree. Where are the Arewa youths on this?
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