Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has once again disrupted an event in Abuja that was organized without her consent and lacked a people-centered purpose.
The incident occurred nearly a month after a similar action
by the minister on August 8, 2024, in Abuja.
During the previous event, titled “Unveiling the Power of
Women and Food Security,” which was held without the ministry’s approval, the
minister stated that the organizer had been taken into custody by the
Department of State Services (DSS) for allegedly impersonating the ministry.
“There is an impersonation going on here. The Federal
Ministry of Women Affairs did not plan this. The lady has been arrested. Right
now, she is with the DSS.
“After we wrote that we were canceling, the president
approved that we should cancel until further notice; she still went ahead to
print this thing,” she said in a video posted on her X page.
In the latest video, which has now gone viral on social
media, the minister was heard expressing her opposition to workshops and
seminars, emphasizing that seminars without empowerment are a waste of the
government’s scarce resources.
“Let this be the last time Women Affairs will organize
anything that I am not aware of. If you try next time, I will come here and
disgrace you. I know what I am going through in this country. For a while, this
is what we keep organizing. A few weeks ago, there was a hunger protest, and
they talked about peace and security. Women are not empowered. Children are
suffering. Nigerians are suffering, but we waste money all the time on
frivolous things.
“I am sorry. Many people may misunderstand me, but I am
ready to be misunderstood. I am ready to be tortured. I am ready. I have
changed the narrative; I said no program without empowerment,” she added.
The minister further stated, “Talking about peace and
security amidst poverty—how can you solve it? You keep talking and holding
workshops. With poverty, where are we heading? How do we solve that poverty? By
directing money to the wrong channels that don’t make an impact on humans? On
those people you want to change and give you peace?”
Mrs. Uju said she had changed the narrative. “I said do not
do any program without empowerment. They give money to the ministries, and it
is used for travel and programs—nothing that will impact the nation.
“If you hear the amount of money the government gives to
ministries, you will be shocked. Why should it continue like this? Why should
we fold our hands and allow these things to continue? Who do you think will
save you? It’s you who will save yourself. Let them call me
names—‘troublemaker,’ ‘mad woman’—I am ready to take it,” she said.
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