- ‘Women should be supported to become deputy govs in North’
First Lady Aisha Buhari has called on leaders in the North to start enthroning women as deputy governors as a means of achieving gender inclusion in governance.
The first lady spoke in the wake of allegations that she met with All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in Adamawa State, where she spoke against the candidature of Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed (Binani).
Dateline Nigeria reports that Binani, a cousin of the first lady, emerged the APC candidate in Adamawa after defeating former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Nuhu Ribadu, among others.
Aisha Buhari spoke in a post titled ‘My stand on Adamawa politics’ on her Instagram page.
She said “In the name of Allah, I wish to thank Adamawa State APC Leaders for the courtesy visit they paid on me, on November 18, 2022.
“As an indigene of the State, a mother, a Grand Mother and the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I would like to reaffirm my support for the genuine concern of our party leaders, as well as commit to stepping into problem so that reason and common sense will prevail in Adamawa politics.
“I would again like to repeat my appeal to respected leaders in the North to learn from the exemplary practice of their Southwest counterparts in enthroning women as Deputy Governors in states as a gradual approach to obtaining gender inclusion in our polity.
“This is a most realistic step in our efforts at attaining gender justice instead of supporting the pursuit of the misplaced ambition of an individual do-or-die politician.”
