The Presidency has said the
President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration will not give special preference to
women because it would be discriminatory.
Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant
on National Assembly matters (Senate), Ita Enang made the disclosure while
fielding questions from participants at the interface with media executives
organised by the National Institute for Legislative Studies, NILS, at the
National Assembly.
The Presidential aide noted that
women have occupied key positions in the country in the last three
administrations.
According to Enang, “On the issue
of opening up the political space for women, I want to say that we respect
women. But I have my personal views which is legal and constitutional”.
“One, my daughters and sons are
equal. God gave them to me equally and they are expected to be treated by me
equally. To give extra advantage to women will be unconstitutional because it
will be discriminatory against men.
“In Akwa Ibom state in the last
administration, we had a situation where men were even struggling for 35
percent. Only the governor was a man, the deputy governor was a woman, the
Chief Judge, a woman. The Deputy Speaker, a woman, the Head of Service was a
woman and even the Vice- Chancellor of the university. So, men were struggling
for 35 percent in Akwa Ibom. We were begging them to appoint more men into
government.
“If you go to the judiciary
today, especially in the Ministry of Justice and most ministries, men were
struggling to get 35 percent because most of the people holding sensitive
positions in key ministries are women.
“If you come to the last two,
three administrations in this country, women have always been Ministers of
Finance. So, it is not by way of zoning. Currently, we have another woman as a
Minister of Finance. Don’t also forget, in the last administration, it was
Diezani, a woman that was the Minister of Finance.”
Hmm. APC and their lies! Diezani was the minister of finance in the last administration? APC? David
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