Reacting to the demand of the
group for a female Vice President of the country, Buhari, on a lighter note
said: “It is a pity the VP is not here, but I believe the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation will brief him that his position is threatened.
“It is only the Vice President
who is threatened. And if we win the next election, he may lose his election.”
Speaking on behalf of the delegation, which comprises of
elected lawmakers from the nation’s 36 states, Elizabeth Ativie said Nigerian
Women are being marginalized by their male counterparts.
She said the country only had one principal officer in each
of the two chambers of the National Assembly since the return to democracy in
1999.
She also said that as the President, anything he said at the
gathering “will become policy and subsequently law”.
She said “Whenever the president is a man, the Vice
President should be a woman”.
Mrs. Ativie also said for every three senatorial seats in
the states, one should be a woman.
She said “Where there are nine House of Reps members, the
men should take six and leave three for women”.
Responding, President Buhari jokingly said “it is a pity
that the Vice President is not here, but I am sure the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation will brief him that his position is threatened “.
He however appreciated the support given to him by women
generally in the four times he ran for president.
He recalled reports he received during elections in which
women in labour queue to vote for him.
He asked the delegation to take a message to their
colleagues to extend the same support since he has declared to seek for second
term.
On their request, the president simply told the gathering
that he is not “as powerful as you think”.
He said such requests could only be made by a military head
of state, but, he has today dropped the uniform for “agbada”.
The President also urged the
delegation to disabuse the minds of other female politicians from their belief
that men are aggressive.
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Then he should quit and let a serious person climb the mantle of leadership.
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