The wife of the Nigerian President, Hajia Aisha Buhari, on Monday evening attended a Broadway event to educate girls held by the First Lady of the United States, FLOTUS, Michelle Obama, in New York.
During the meeting, Aisha Buhari met Mrs. Obama, took a photograph with her and quickly took to her Twitter handle, @aishambuhari, to express her pleasure in meeting the US First Lady.
“It was a pleasure meeting @FLOTUS Michelle Obama earlier this evening at her broadway event about girl empowerment,” Mrs. Buhari wrote on Twitter.
Aisha Buhari with Michelle Obama
Meanwhile, the official handle of the US First Lady, @FLOTUS which tweeted live updates from the event, neither retweeted nor acknowledged Mrs. Buhari’s tweet at the time of filing this report.
“Out of the ashes of conflict, our girls are rising.” –@QueenRania of Jordan. #LetGirlsLearn pic.twitter.com/xqMHsB68Pb
— The First Lady (@FLOTUS) September 19, 2016
Queen Rania Al-Abdullah, of Jordan, spoke at the event which was held at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in New York
The concert was held at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre — the normal home of The Color Purple — as part of the Let Girls Learn initiative, which encourages world leaders to provide education opportunities to millions of girls globally who do not attend school.
“When people hear stories of girls who aren’t in school, they want to help. And as spouses of world leaders, so many of us here in this room have a platform that we can use to tell these stories and bring people together to take action for these girls. Because people will pick up the phone when we call,” Obama said.
The event, emceed by TV talk show host Stephen Colbert, took advantage of the gathering of world leaders in New York for the opening of the 71st United Nations General Assembly.
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