The lawmaker representing Lagos
Central senatorial district at the National Assembly, Senator Oluremi Tinubu,
has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to show magnanimity by appointing many
women into his new cabinet.
She lamented that the National
Assembly was gradually turning into an “exclusive gentlemen’s club”.
Tinubu linked the apathy amongst
women in running for elective political positions to a number of reasons.
She stated this yesterday in
Abuja at an event that also had the presence of the First Lady, Aisha Buhari.
She said, “We are still watching
and hoping that maybe, the President will be magnanimous enough to appoint a
lot of female ministers but they should be ministers who will not disappoint us
and do the work; not to go there and embezzle money.
“You know the last experience was
not actually pleasant, it should be women who are ready to serve and make the
necessary sacrifice.
“Do we need women in the public
place? Yes, that is why I am here to encourage the younger generation to reach
for the sky.
“It has always been seven or
eight women in the National Assembly, the National Assembly is turning into
exclusively a gentleman’s club and I think that if we are not careful, that is
what it will turn out to be and it is quite sad.
“I don’t think they are being
good sportsmen; they are quite vicious when it comes to positions; everybody is
striving and I think we women have to start raising boys that are
gender-friendly. We raised all these selfish men and this is what we pay for
that.
“The coming generation should
begin to raise men that would not feel threatened by a woman who is in a top
position, so we still have a lot to do but the current men that are here are
very vicious when it comes to seeking for top positions.
“Not that they don’t allow women,
it is just that everyone is striving so hard and you can see that the violence
in politics is keep women back, there are a lot of things keeping women back
but the point is that the men are not just gender-friendly.
“I was just looking when we went
for registration today and I was just looking because it was just a sea of
men.”
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