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From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
Acting National chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Umar Damagum has said he would like to see a woman preside over the affairs of the country as president.
Damagum, who stated this at event organised by the PDP to mark the International Women Day, on Friday in Abuja, said this is because the men have failed the country.
The PDP chairman, represented by the National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, expressed hopes that the party would have more women in its National Working Committee ( NWC) in the next dispensation.
He said :” Let me be sincere with you, if it is possible and I pray and I believe and hope that even if not in our own generation, I will like to see that one day a woman will become the president of this country and I say this with at most sincerity and from the depth of my heart, because I can tell you that the menfolk have failed this generation.
“In the next dispensation of the NWC, I hope we have opportunity to have more women in the NWC, even if it means to give up my own position for a woman to take over I will gladly do that because we want an organisation where women can take advantage of their nature to take the country to another level.
“Today in Nigeria and world over women has been victims of war, see what is happening in Nigeria. See what happened in Nigeria yesterday, the women are suffering, that is why this international women day we are calling on all the men in Nigeria to support women.”
Also speaking at the event, the PDP National Woman Leader, Amina Arong, decried the under-representation of women in politics. She stated that having women decision making positions was critical to “gender justice” and “gender equality “.
According to her, ‘despite women being powerful agents of change with proven benefits, they have continued to be under-represented in Politics, and other sectors.
The importance of having women in leadership positions cannot be overemphasised as result has shown clearly that companies and organisations led by women seem to have fared better than their counterparts during times of financial crisis.
“Having women as leaders and decision-makers at all levels are critical to advancing gender justice, gender equality and furthers economic, social, and political progress for all.”
