Opinion!!! The Office of the First Lady

By FEMI ODERE

The Office of the First Lady is not known to the constitution. True. But there’s also nothing in the Rule Book that prevents the Office, if not the Lady herself, from being introduced to State Law where all of them can maintain good relationship and live happily ever after.

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Since the Office of the First Lady is now intricately tied to, if not integral to governance, it might as well be backed by State Law for more effectiveness and to further enhance governance.

This idea should be seriously reflected upon because there has never been a First Lady (either during military or civilian governments) who didn’t, and still doesn’t, have one or multiple pet projects dear to her heart that, at the minimum, have not been beneficial to some individuals, however fleeting, not to talk of society at large. And most, if not all of these pet projects are gender based in context and content.

To stress the further reflection of this idea is the fact that the First Lady have tremendous amount of soft powers that are underutilized. A combination of hard and soft powers of the First Lady will, therefore, augur tremendously well for societal good.

Backed by State Law, the First Lady can expand and internationalize her programmes by networking and interfacing with other First Ladies around the world who may have similar programmes through the instrumentalities of our embassies or foreign missions, thereby strengthening governance and development through resource sharing.

For starters, the First Lady might even perform oversight functions on her state’s Ministry of Women Affairs since the ministry’s core mandate can also be said to be gender based. Hence a Commissioner may not be necessary for that ministry again.

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The whole point of this is that it’s high time that the Office of the First Lady is fully integrated into the governance architecture of our democratic system because the occupier of the office packs several soft punches under her wrapper (apologies to Erelu Bam Bam) that needs to be utilized for a greater and more prosperous society.

This short piece is in commemoration of 100 Days in office of His Excellency Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State.

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