Women in Politics decry low female representation on Buhari’s ministerial list

The low representation of women in the recently released ministerial list by President Muhammadu Buhari for his second tenure has been decried by a female group.

Women in Politics (WIP) kicked against the low representation on Wednesday, noting that it is not happy with the nomination list, though the few women listed were women of character and integrity.

Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, Ebere Ifendu, the President, Women in Politics said the number “is low and very poor’’.

READ ALSO: We’ve all it takes to feed the entire world – Ministerial nominee, Ogah

She said; “We are saying we have many more women that should also be part of this list considering the promise the president made to women.

“He said he will work with the Nigerian gender policy which is about affirmative action, so what happened to the promises he made to women?’’

Ifendu added that there was need for the president to fulfill that promise due to the already low number of women in elected offices after the 2019 elections.

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now