By Stella Kabruk
A former chairperson of Kaduna State Electoral Indqpependent Commission (SIECOM), Mrs Hannatu Binniyat, has lamented lack of women participation in elective positions in the country’s elections.
Speaking during Women stakeholders meeting on “Advance: Women political participation project in Nigeria”, organized by United Nations women, government of Canada and Zamani foundation she said, “We (women) need to restrategise our stand for us to have more women in elective positions in the coming council elections in the state.
She said with the forthcoming council elections in Kaduna state coming up in October, she said women should stand out in their numbers to contest in the chairmanship and councillors election.
“We need to build strategy, build relationships and work as a family irrespective of any different because politics is a game of number and looking at the number of women, if we work as a family, women contesting elective positions will definitely carry the day.”
Earlier, the Program Specialist, UN Women, Chundung Ashley Dauda, said the programme is meant to ensure women empowerment through the promotion of women in economic empowerment.
She added that the program is also meant to promote women leadership and security that will go a long way to promote women in leadership as one of the ways of sustaining women development in any society.”
According to her, significant representation of women in leadership led to fast development, lamenting that Nigeria is far lack behind in women leadership positions.
She called on women to take a definite stand especially in Kaduna state with the coming council elections to ensure more women are elected into various council positions.
Other participants who spoke at the meeting stressed the need for more women to stand for elective positions especially with the council elections coming up in Kaduna state and other states in the country.(NAN)
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