Presidential candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has assured women in
Nigeria of active engagements in his government when elected.
Abubakar disclosed this in Abuja
on Friday at the national women conference organised by the leadership of PDP
to mobilise women for voter’s education and sensitization.
The former Vice President, while
acknowledging the dependable role of women in electioneering process in
Nigeria, said he would offer 70 percent of positions in his government to women
and youth, adding that he had no fear in entrusting power to women.
“In my nearly 3 decades in
politics, the most consistent voters in every era are women. Even when it was
in the era of voting by queuing behind candidates, the women make the queue
longer.
“Between the youth and women, you
have 70% in my govt, you are not going to be confined to the other room. You
have seen my 3 wives here, they are not in the other room. I promise you that
you will be at the front of my government and not in the other room”, he told
the women.
Earlier in her goodwill message,
wife of the presidential candidate, Hajia Jamila Atiku Abubakar, charged
Nigerian women to go and mobilise for the success of PDP in the February 16th
election, stressing that the Atiku/Obi presidency would kick out poverty and
hunger in the country.
She said, “Our action is to kick
out poverty, hunger and it is time to ATIKULATE for better Nigeria, it is time
to ATIKULATE for job security, it is time to ATIKULATE for food security, time
to ATIKULATE for growth and development of this nation”.
She urged the women not to
mortgage the future of their children by selling their votes.
On his part, the Director-General
of the campaign organisation and President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola
Saraki, urged the women to deliver PDP in their respective localities, saying
“women are reliable, committed and dependable” when it comes to elections.
While presenting the presidential
candidate to the women, national chairman of PDP, Prince Uche Secondus said,
“Atiku is energetic, resourceful and capable”.
Secondus said, “the job of the
President is for 24 hours. We want the President that will work round the clock
and make Nigeria return to her ranking as the best economy in Africa and among
the best in the world”.
He, however, cautioned the
government not to intimidate the women by using security agencies to harass
supporters whom he said are “on the social media and on ground to monitor the
electioneering process”.
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