Talking about affirmative action, can you say women in Nigeria are being given their fair share, politically speaking?
You know that women are new arrivals in the theatre of politics. There is only a sprinkle of them in that ocean. But women constitute a huge population—49% of the overall population. And the question is: do you continue to keep this chunk of Nigerians out of the main stream or do you properly integrate them and tap into their strength and make it translate into a positive force for Nigeria? I think that Nigeria is beginning to discover that women “can” too and when you couple their strength and wisdom with the incredible spirit and capacity of the Nigerian man, great things will undoubtedly happen in this country. So, to answer your question, no, women have not really arrived and they are not getting their fair share. They are only rearing their heads and they are saying to our men who rule the roost, “Let us in. Let us work with you to build a great society”. Because they are new to politics, they will need a helping hand by way of encouraging legislation, internal party rules and ope
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