Rivers Perm Sec Tasks Women On Active Participation In Politics

Women have been told to actively position themselves for critical roles in the polity if they want to see the theme: “Each for Equal,” come to reality.
Speaking at the 2020 International Women’s Day celebration, held at the Ministry of Women Affairs, Port Harcourt, last Friday, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Women Affairs, Mrs Uchechukwu Uriri, stated that the place of women in the society could not be underestimated, hence, the ministry’s decision to mark the International Women’s Day celebration.
Uriri called on all women to brace up with the trail by not just sitting at home to do the talk, but should ensure full participation in politics right from the grass root.
The permanent secretary charged women, who have properly positioned themselves to contest for viable positions that would enable them bring in more women into politics.
She said that over the years, women had been celebrated world over, with different themes, yet the society had failed to yield to their demands, adding that the change can only come when majority of women occupy more positions in politics.
Also speaking on the sidelines of the Permanent Secretary, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) State Women Leader, Comrade, Opi Erekosima stated that women should stop pulling down their fellow women, but rather encourage each other to participate, and contest for viable positions, such that if they succeed they can plant other women.
She remarked, that is the only way women’s clamour for equal opportunities could be actualised, asserting that women cannot continue to wish for equal opportunities with their male counterparts and go home without making efforts in actualising set objectives.
Speaking also, the Chairperson, Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Mrs Lilian Ogabu-Okonkwo said women must be ready to grant journalists interviews on issues pertaining to women, girls and their children at all times.
Represented by the Director of News and Programmes, Garden City Radio, Mrs Ilanye Jumbo, she stressed on the need for women to stop shying away from journalists, who wish to interview them on issues affecting them, remarking that the men are always bold and ready to grant journalists interviews.

Susan Serekara-Nwikhana