Bisi Fayemi
She is the First Lady of Ekiti State.
With a degree in History from the University of Ife, she also earned a
masters degree from the University of Middlesex in Gender and Society.
She is the President, African Women’s Development Fund.
Fayemi’s style is simple but gorgeous.
You can’t but notice her turban/headgear. Of this she says, “I do the
turban myself and I tie any style but someone helps with my gele.” She
is also a buff of indigenous fabrics but she would tell you she is not a
designer label freak. “I don’t care about designer labels. I am more
concerned about comfort because style is about comfort and that is what I
go for in any design.”
Her designers? Ituen Bassey, Ayoola
Violet Braids, Joke Okeowo and Renee Acquah, who is resident in Ghana.
Her favourite colours remain purple, blue, and coffee brown. Accessories
she loves? “I love pearls, silver and gold,” she says.
Clara Chime
By virtue of being married to Governor
Sullivan Chime, this fair-complexioned beauty is the First Lady of Enugu
State. In her 30s, the graduate of Marketing from the Abia State
University is the youngest First Lady in the South-East region.
Immensely attractive; graceful and elegant are some of the words that
have been used to describe her.
Averagely built, her style is one that
embodies simplicity, humility and yet, is up-to-date. Most times, she
favours the traditional mode of dressing and thus, she opts for long
skirts and blouses made from Ankara fabrics and sometimes,
exquisite foreign lace fabrics. For accessories, she is a devoted wearer
of gold jewellery and other precious stones. Clara is the founder of
Child and Mother Empowerment, a pet project with special focus on women
and children.
Yemisi Suswam
The delectable Benue State First Lady
rates as one of the prettiest of the pack. An architect by training, she
would tell you being a governor’s wife is much more than being
fashionable. “It does not mean extravagance,” she says in an interview.
Style, she believes, should hinge on comfort. Of Emure Ekiti extraction,
she explains: “I’m now a Tiv woman and we are known to be simple. I
wear things that make me comfortable. To me, that is style. You are
dressed up in your way and still very comfortable. I love looking good
but not at the expense of my service to humanity. Nobody would remember
you for those expensive clothes you wore, but you would make a mark in
life by the lives you have touched. Fashion is also charity.”
Funso Amosun
Her 21-year-old marriage to Senator
Ibikunle Amosun, the Ogun State governor, positions her as the First
Lady. A mother of five, she is a graduate of English Education from the
University of Ife, now known as Obafemi Awolowo University. Soft-spoken
and trim for a 47-year-old, she is a stickler for indigenous fabrics.
Hear her: “I am an indigene of Ogun State and a citizen of Nigeria. So, I
am supposed to be an ambassador for African clothing. Besides, I love
being comfortable and simple. So, I would not be caught wearing anything
uncomfortable and vulgar.”
Judith Amaechi
The 43-year-old First Lady of Rivers
State, Judith Amaechi, is a mother of three. A graduate of the Rivers
State University of Science and Technology, where she bagged a
bachelor’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning, Judith like her
predecessors in office, has cultivated a style only very few dare have
reasons to criticise.
In the South-South region, she easily
ranks among the best-dressed wives of state governors. The founder of
Empowerment Support Initiative, a non-governmental organisation, Amaechi
oscillates between local and international fashion.
Omolewa Ahmed
The wife of the Kwara State governor and
founder of Life Empowered Anchors Hope Charity Foundation might be
adjudged a simple woman but this does not affect the way she dresses in
any way.
One of the best-dressed First Ladies
from the North Central region, Omolewa Ahmed is an epitome of values,
yet she remains stylish. Owing to lifestyle and religion, she is often
found wearing native attire in different hues. Whether made from local
Ankara or imported fabrics, she always stands out.
Her ability to determine what styles suit her is one other thing she has going for her beside her use of matching accessories.
Margaret Peter-Obi
Bold and assertive in her dressing, she is married to Governor Peter Obi and she represents an embodiment of style.
A quintessential model, she demonstrates
without repentance that sophistication is her maxim. Her laudable style
is colourful and conspicuous. In her 40s, the lover of everything
modern is blessed with an interesting silhouette that ensures clothes of
every kind sit well on her.
She has a desirable penchant for native
and western attire which she adorns without restraint depending on the
occasion, hence her rich wardrobe. She has been pictured at functions
wearing some exquisitely crafted jewellery that would make many go green
with envy.
Kemi Mimiko
Well built, the First Lady of Ondo State
has proved over time her ability to enhance her best features. Apart
from her humanitarian works, another way she draws attention to herself
is via her dressing. A lover of the traditional iro and buba, she also favours boubous of all colours and designs.
In keeping true to African tradition,
she accessorises with aso-oke most of the time. Elegant looking and
dark-skinned, her use of make-up is minimal and this boosts her facial
structures. She also loves to wear choice jewellery like her
contemporaries.
Nafisa Yuguda
One of the daughters of the late
President Musa Yar’adua, Nafisa got married to the Bauchi State
governor, Isa Yuguda in 2009. The wedding, which was celebrated amid
pomp, was a revelation on the style of the lady who did not fail to
impress everyone present that she is indeed a style pundit.
Since then, she has not lowered her
standard and has instead, raised the bar higher. Interestingly, while
her style can be described as conservative, the delicate looking beauty
has a rich assortment of clothes made from exotic fabrics.
While she is not favourably disposed to
wearing western attire, she gets heart thumping whenever she makes an
appearance at state functions. An ardent fan of exquisite jewellery,
she boasts of a rich collection of assorted precious stones too and she
never fails to pair them with her clothes.
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