Women must take voter registration serious –Gender activist
Worried by the low participation of women in politics and its attendant consequences on the female gender in Nigeria, a gender advocate, Dr. Aisha Sani Lemu, has observed that women must take the issue of voter registration serious if they are ready to enforce the 35 percent affirmative action as well as participate actively in governance.
Dr. Lemu noted that until women realize that the power to elect a fellow female to represent their interests in government rests in their voters card, they would continue to beg for the implementation of the globally affirmed 35 per cent affirmative action and may not even get half of it.
She gave the charge in Abuja at the National Women Summit organized by the Ezeife Leadership Foundation also noting that women have no reason to be excluded in governance of the country judging by their ‘superior population.’
Only women understands the plight and need of her fellow women and therefore need to be in government to advance policies that will favour female folks, she said.
The gender advocate equally posited that women have the right to vote and be voted for in an election but however argued that women cannot exercise that power if they do not possess permanent voters card.
Earlier in an address of welcome, the former governor of old Anambra state and the convener of the summit, Dr. Chukwuemka Ezeife said “it is in the interests of Nigeria that Nigerian women should increase their participation in politics and governance.”
Dr. Lemu noted that until women realize that the power to elect a fellow female to represent their interests in government rests in their voters card, they would continue to beg for the implementation of the globally affirmed 35 per cent affirmative action and may not even get half of it.
She gave the charge in Abuja at the National Women Summit organized by the Ezeife Leadership Foundation also noting that women have no reason to be excluded in governance of the country judging by their ‘superior population.’
Only women understands the plight and need of her fellow women and therefore need to be in government to advance policies that will favour female folks, she said.
The gender advocate equally posited that women have the right to vote and be voted for in an election but however argued that women cannot exercise that power if they do not possess permanent voters card.
Earlier in an address of welcome, the former governor of old Anambra state and the convener of the summit, Dr. Chukwuemka Ezeife said “it is in the interests of Nigeria that Nigerian women should increase their participation in politics and governance.”
