APC women decry 90% appointment of males, demand key positions in new cabinet
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Women Aspirants Forum has demanded key appointments as President Muhammadu Buhari plans to form a new cabinet after May 29.
The leader of the group, Adedoyin Eshanumi, told journalists in Abuja on Wednesday that the demand became necessary after the men took more than 90 per cent of political positions in the party.
Eshanumi, a senatorial aspirant in Kogi State, said the only way to compensate the women was for President Buhari to give them political appointments for their efforts which ensured the party’s victory in the 2019 presidential election.
Ann Agom-Eze, the co-Convener of the gathering, said the meeting was convened to evaluate the outcome of the just concluded 2019 general election and the position of women in the present administration.
Agom-Eze, also a Senatorial aspirant for Ebonyi South, said time has come for women to take what belonged to them.
“We have to convene this meeting because we are the APC female aspirants who were lobbied out of the primaries; the men made up their minds that they will not give us a space in the governance of this country.
“I am someone who stands up for the women; so, I believe that women should be part of the appointments to be made soon by Mr President. We should be recognised and empowered to enable the APC women to stand firm come 2023.
“Since the election is over, we should be given appointments and we don’t want a situation where people will tell us to go to women commission. We can be Ministers; we want to head organisations because it will position women for 2023.
