The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has congratulated a former Deputy Governor of Lagos State and Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Chief Victoria Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, as she clocks 66 on Monday (today).
Speaker Abbas, in a congratulatory message issued through his Chief Press Secretary, Leke Olatunji Baiyewu, described Orelope-Adefulire as a great woman leader, mobiliser and grassroots politician.
The Speaker commended Orelope-Adefulire for her services to the public, first as Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation from 2003 to 2011, and later as Deputy Governor of Lagos State between 2011 and 2015.
Speaker Abbas noted that her sterling performance at the state level inspired her appointment as SSA on SDGs by President Muhammadu Buhari in March 2016, and retaining the office under the incumbent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR.
While the Speaker lauded Orelope-Adefulire’s immense contributions to the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the state and national levels, he said the ruling party needs more women like her in politics and governance of the country.
The Speaker prayed to God to grant Orelope-Adefulire more years on earth, in sound body and mind.
