Rotimi Amaechi, APC’s presidential aspirant, has promised to give women equal opportunities as men in his administration if elected presid...
Rotimi Amaechi, APC’s presidential aspirant, has promised to
give women equal opportunities as men in his administration if elected
president in the 2023 general elections.
Mr Amaechi made the pledge during his consultation visits to
Benue, Gombe, and Katsina.
“I don’t believe in the 35 per cent affirmative action for
women in politics because women are more competent and intelligent than men,”
Mr Amaechi asserted.
The former transport minister, however, noted that women
delegates should get ready to vote him into power after getting the APC ticket
as his administration would give women equal rights.
“When we win, women will have equal opportunities as the
men; there will not be 35 per cent affirmative action for women. No, you are
more intelligent than the men. Ask parents if you have a boy and a girl; the
girl develops faster than the boy and is more intelligent. Eventually, the boy
becomes the oga of the house by tradition, not because he is more brilliant,”
the former Rivers governor explained.
He added, “Amina Mohammed was not selected because she was a
woman. She earned it. Women are more qualified than men, whether you believe it
or not. In our government, we will include women. Just go and vote. We will
give you opportunities like every other person in Nigeria to serve the country
because you are equally qualified. So, there will be equal opportunities for
both genders.”
Speaking to youths, he urged them to join a party and be
more active at the party level, stating that he became a speaker of the house
of assembly at 34.
“I became a speaker at the age of 34 years. Then, there was
no ‘Not too Young to Run Bill’, and I was given the opportunity. If youths are
more committed at the party level, they will get more opportunities to serve,”
he noted.
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