Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has expressed concern over decline in the number of female legislators in the 8th Assembly.
Aisha, who spoke on Sunday in Abuja at a reception organised by the
committee of friends in honour of former Governor Rotimi Amaechi of
Rivers State, said for the nation to attain the 35 per cent affirmative
action by 2019, men must encourage and support women to occupy key
elective positions in the country.
“Supporting women to contest elective positions has become imperative as the number of female legislators have declined because some of them lost their seats during the last general elections. As the number of female legislators decline, we wish the men in Nigeria will support the women to attain the 35 per cent affirmative action in 2019,’’ she said.
Aisha, according to the News agency of Nigeria (NAN), specifically commended Chief Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for the support given to his wife, Senator Oluremi, in winning a senatorial seat from Lagos.
She urged men, particularly those in politics, to emulate the former Lagos State governor by encouraging their wives to vie for elective positions in 2019. Aisha also commended Amaechi for his courageous roles that led to the victory of the APC in this year’s general elections.
She said Amaechi stood firmly by the party, showed commitment, courage and patriotism in ensuring that the country attained the positive change it was yearning for.
The wife of the president noted that as the director general of the APC campaign organisation, Amaechi showed ‘doggedness, toughness and steadfastness’.
Speaking at the event, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, described Amaechi as ‘a man of tremendous courage, who stood the wrongs in the PDP, even when he was a member of the party’.
He said Amaechi’s role in the last elections, stood out, and that accounted for why he was being celebrated.
culled from sunnews online
“Supporting women to contest elective positions has become imperative as the number of female legislators have declined because some of them lost their seats during the last general elections. As the number of female legislators decline, we wish the men in Nigeria will support the women to attain the 35 per cent affirmative action in 2019,’’ she said.
Aisha, according to the News agency of Nigeria (NAN), specifically commended Chief Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for the support given to his wife, Senator Oluremi, in winning a senatorial seat from Lagos.
She urged men, particularly those in politics, to emulate the former Lagos State governor by encouraging their wives to vie for elective positions in 2019. Aisha also commended Amaechi for his courageous roles that led to the victory of the APC in this year’s general elections.
She said Amaechi stood firmly by the party, showed commitment, courage and patriotism in ensuring that the country attained the positive change it was yearning for.
The wife of the president noted that as the director general of the APC campaign organisation, Amaechi showed ‘doggedness, toughness and steadfastness’.
Speaking at the event, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, described Amaechi as ‘a man of tremendous courage, who stood the wrongs in the PDP, even when he was a member of the party’.
He said Amaechi’s role in the last elections, stood out, and that accounted for why he was being celebrated.
culled from sunnews online
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