MY ADMINISTRATION WILL BE WOMEN FRIENDLY, SHALL BE GENDER SENSITIVE..Says Bago
The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressive congress APC Rt Hon Umar Mohammed Bago join women all over the world to celebrate the 2023 International Women’s Day with the theme “Embracing Equity”.
Hon Umar Bago said the theme of this year’s International woman Day celebration is apt especially in a country like ours where a transition is about to occur.
In a Press release signed Hon Bago and made available to Journalists in Minna stated that “Women have been a huge part of our democracy and societal development yet relegated to the background majority of the time”.
He stressed that going by the efforts the women put into the electioneering process and their commitment in withstanding harsh weather conditions to stand in the queues to vote goes a long way to explain how much of agents of change they are.
He said Women are a valuable asset to any society and are also the most vulnerable as they suffer different forms of discriminations and are first and worst hit by different crises and insecurity.
“Women experience different forms of bias at the workplace, in schools and in the homes which negatively impacts their potentials”.
According to him without gender equity, a sustainable future and equal future for boys and girls remains beyond our reach therefore It is time for us all to embrace equity and ensure that more women are given political positions and opportunities to enable them make decisions as it affects them and our children.
He therefore call on the President-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other elected leaders to embrace equity and ensure that the 35 percent affirmative action or more is achieved for a balanced society.
“My administration will be women-friendly, we will give equal opportunities to both gender and provide a fair playing ground for women to thrive and showcase their potentials’.
Once again, I celebrate all women for their strength, resilience and doggedness at how far they have helped in molding the nation despite the challenges they face. It is time for them to be rewarded.
Signed
Rt. Honourable Umar Mohammed Bago
All Progressive Congress Gubernatorial Candidate.
8th March, 2023.
