Attai Audu Jos
Coalition for Better and Brighter Nigeria Women throughout the federation have organised a one day political rally and street procession in Jos the Plateau State capital to demand 50 percent of Federal and states cabinet positions in the new governments to be constituted after 2023 general elections.
National Women leader of the group Amb Mrs Victoria F Lot in an interview with newsmen after the street procession from Jos Secretariat round about to old Airport round about under strict security cover, said CBBN women decided to embark on the rally and procession to drum home the message that they want to see a better Nigeria where they could secure good and quality education for their children, good hospitals,roads and security that will provide them opportunity to go to bed and sleep at night with their eyes closed.
Amb.Lot stressed that most importantly, they are seeking for women inclusion in Politics.
” As you can see during the recent party primaries, fewer women were able to scale through the party primaries and they were like 0.1percent”
According to her, ” As we are going to the polls, women are demanding that all the men that will emerge at the polls on the 25th February and March 11th general elections at the Presidential and Governorship elections should allocate 50 percent of their cabinet positions to women.
She added that the women in Nigeria are the majority and have the voting power than men, stressing that unless they are fairly treated, the women in the next election in four years time could decide not to give their votes freely to the menfolk.
According to her, women have alot to contribute in governance and prayed that the next set of leaders should be gender sensitive.
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