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Abuja, May 25, ’25 (TNZ) The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Julius Abure, weekend promised to give women more opportunities to participate in the 2027 general elections.
TheNewsZenith reports that Abure made the pledge at a news conference organised by Aju Morgan Elumelu Foundation (AMEF) on women’s representation and empowerment, in Abuja.
He identified leadership as a major challenge confronting the country.
LP chief, therefore, urged women to collaborate to take more leadership positions in the country.
According to him, the LP has taken the lead in appointing women into political leadership positions by deliberately creating opportunities for them to participate.
He said that their participation was not just in the affairs of the party, but in running for offices, stressing that the 2027 general elections would not be different.
“By 2027, God sparing our lives, under our leadership, we’ll provide more opportunities for women.
“We appreciate the fact that, culturally, economically, and financially, there are several inhibitions against women’s participation.
“I want to assure you that the Labour Party is ready and determined to break those challenges that will encourage women to participate,” TheNewsZenith quotes him as saying.
Also speaking, the Chief Executive Officer of AMEF, Aju Elumelu, decried low women representation in leadership positions in the country.
Elumelu appealed to President Bola Tinubu and other stakeholders to ensure 35 per cent women’s representation in leadership positions as well as empowerment.
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“The goal here is to have women in leadership, elective and appointed positions, not just in politics but across the board.
“We’re not here to get mad or agitated, but I’m asking President Bola Tinubu to help us.
“We don’t have gloves to fight. We’re just asking men to think about us. Everyone needs to be involved because we only have a measly percentage,” she said.
The National Women Leader of Labour Party, Dudu Manuga, noted that space for women in leadership, governance and politics had been shrinking over the years.
Manuga called for the passage of the bill for special seats for women to enhance their involvement in leadership positions.
“I have never seen this kind of effort, coming together to see that we have more women in the legislature.
“We can have that bill passed, and we mount aggressive advocacy and mobilisation. That way, we’ll get it right this time around,” TheNewsZenith quotes Manuga as saying.
She, however, called for the collaboration of women at all levels of government to ensure passage of the bill.
“Now, we need to encourage women in every state to meet their legislators and discuss with them.
“Let us lobby for this thing so that we get everybody to be on the same page and have it passed, but for now, the political parties have a long way to go,” she stated. (TNZ)
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