Betta Edu: Celebrating The Foot Soldier, Poster Girl Of The Renewed Hope Agenda BY RASHEED OLANREWAJUIN
The Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu and her Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Alhaji Rasheed Olanrewaju at her office in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
At 37, Dr. Edu encapsulates Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson’s postulation about people born as a special breed. Schneerson said: “Because time itself is like a spiral, something special happens on your birthday each year: The same energy that God invested in you at birth is present once again.” She is not your everyday lady.
When you hear of beauty and strong character, it is Dr. Edu that is being talked about. Dr., Edu’s scintillating odyssey tells a gripping story of a woman destined to achieve great things at a young age. She is a fitting personification of whom the Yoruba would hail as, “lati kekere loti nsebebe,” which roughly translates to, “one who has shown signs of greatness from infancy.
This X-rays the Edu persona. Whether as Director-General, of the Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, CRSPHCDA, Commissioner for Health, Chairman Forum of Commissioner for Health, National Woman Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, or Minister.
Dr. Edu is an inspiration and role model to young people. The diligence and passion she brings to bear, in the tasks and jobs assigned to her, including her current office as Minister, speak to her dedication to service delivery and love for her country.
For example, at The Hague, Netherlands where she chaired the EU and representatives of 48 other countries as the head of Nigeria’s delegation to the just concluded Thematic Meeting of the Rabat Process on Migration, Youth and Development, Dr. Edu’s skillful presentation of Nigeria’s position and her high-level interface with stakeholders on behalf of Nigeria attracted effusive praises.
The minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu tends to a teenagers hair during her visit to an Internally Displaced Persons camp in northern Nigeria recently.
She braves dangers and inconveniences to visit volatile and hard-to-reach areas in parts of the country. These include Internally Displaced Persons camps in Borno and Niger States, Makoko in Lagos, and the Gidan Dawa area of Zamfara to interact with victims of humanitarian crises and the poor. In all the places she has visited, Dr. Edu spread the message of hope, mingled and empathized with the vulnerable, and distributed relief items. Her message of hope is clear and succinct: “The goal is to get everybody wherever they are out of poverty and humanitarian crises…
We will close all gaps to ensure Nigerians are out of poverty… We want to increase the social safety net for Nigerians, to pull millions of Nigerians out of poverty.” Dr. Edu registered herself in the consciousness of Nigerians in 2015 when she emerged as one of the youngest aides appointed by the then Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade.
Party chieftains who rooted for her described her as young, vibrant, and energetic; an advocate for women, a great grassroots mobilizer, one blessed with oratory skills and sound education.
A native of Adadama, in Abi Local Government Area, in the central senatorial district of Cross River, this birthday girl’s unwavering commitment to her job, her fatherland, and humanity has attracted the attention of many Nigerians, including the respected Shehu of Borno, His Eminence, Abubakar Ibn Umar Al Min El-Kanemi who had this to say about her: “I have been watching you closely since you assumed office and I can see the passion and energy you have exhibited on the new assignment.”
As Dr. Edu celebrates her 37th birthday, join me in celebrating my boss, one of the finest members of President Tinubu’s Cabinet, A detribalized Nigerian who has no place for religious, tribal, or ethnic sentiments. I cannot but wish her joy and happiness and pray that the smiles and joy she spreads around as a woman who loves God and humanity come back to her hundredfold.
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