Wife of
the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has expressed concern over decline in
the number of female members in the 8th Assembly.
Aisha
spoke on Sunday in Abuja at a reception organised by the Committee of
Friends in honour of former Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State.
She 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 lawmakers decline, we wish the men in Nigeria will
support the women to attain the 35 per cent affirmative action in 2019,”
she said.
Aisha
specifically commended Chief Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the APC, for
the support given to his wife, Sen. Oluremi, in winning a senatorial
seat from Lagos.
She urged
men, particularly those in politics, to emulate the former Lagos
governor by encouraging their wives to vie for elective positions, come
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 election stood out, and that accounted for why he was being celebrated.
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