On Saturday, Titi Abubakar, the wife of the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the 2023 election, shared her experience of feeling neglected and unsupported due to her marriage to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

She revealed that her efforts to garner support for her initiative, the Women Trafficking and Child Labor Eradication Foundation, had been hindered by the fact that she is the spouse of a prominent politician, business magnate, and former Vice President of Nigeria.

Nonetheless, she expressed unwavering determination to continue her mission to completely eliminate women trafficking and child labor worldwide. Titi Abubakar made these remarks in Abuja after receiving the Champion 2023 Leadership (Heart of Gold) Award from Champion Newspapers Limited. The event was graced by numerous dignitaries, including former Delta State Governor Senator Ifeanyi Okowa.

Titi Abubakar shared that she has managed her foundation, established 24 years ago, with funds for food provided by her husband. She expressed her gratitude to CNL for recognizing her persistent commitment to combating women trafficking and child labor.

Abubakar said, “I have been doing this job for 24 years and nobody has ever recognised me. They have not called me for recognition and I said to myself that I’m just doing God’s work, that my reward is in heaven.

“There was a day I put an advert in the Newspaper that these children I’m taking care of are not my children but Nigerian children and that even if it is one penny, they should all contribute and still nobody contributed anything.

“They said, after all, I’m Atiku’s wife. It is one thing to be married to Atiku and it is another thing to have the passion to do what I’m doing. And because I have a passion for what I was doing, I continued to strive.

“When I was in the (Aso) Villa, I was feeding these children with government’s food and out of government, I’m still taking care of these children.”

She thanked all those working in the foundation, saying they have stood by her even as she doesn’t have so much money for them.

“I have been carrying this crusade for so many years. These people you see working with me, I don’t have so much money to give them but they are working.

“Our children don’t only go through primary schools but secondary and tertiary education. Two of them just returned from Nasarawa. They are graduates now and here I am still standing strong”, She said.