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It's no secret how women in Nigeria have times without number clamour to get more opportunities in positions of power in the Country.
Can you entrust your vote to a woman and empower her to champion the affairs of the Country?
How do you perceive having a Woman as President of Nigeria?

If she has the capability and political structure, WHY NOT.

Why not? What has Nigeria gained from a male President..

Lol never!

They should contest/compete like their male counterparts and if they show during their campaign that they are capable then they will be voted for.
"Clamoring" and "Empowerment" don't yield such outcomes.

Can women vote their fellow woman as President

Yes!!!!!!!!
Yes!!!!!!!
And Yes!!!!!!!!!


Women like Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala and late Prof. Dora Akunyili would perform excellently better than any male president in the Nigeria of today.

For those who will abuse or criticism my point, can you point out a single man who have out-performed those two women in their respective fields.

Birthing a national change doesn't recognize gender

ablejesus26:
It's no secret how women in Nigeria have times without number clamour to get more opportunities in positions of power in the Country.
Can you entrust your vote to a woman and empower her to champion the affairs of the Country?
How do you perceive having a Woman as President of Nigeria?

stella obasango and ete 4ma house rep leader.our money wil b spend on plastic surgery and biutification.

Hmmmm, na to finish us be that

Entrust a whole nation into the hands of a gender that is being controlled by emotions, egos and their itching clitoris

Why not

This is possible in a divided Nigeria. YES

ablejesus26:
It's no secret how women in Nigeria have times without number clamour to get more opportunities in positions of power in the Country.
Can you entrust your vote to a woman and empower her to champion the affairs of the Country?
How do you perceive having a Woman as President of Nigeria?

God forbid

Hmmmmm

NO

Women like Dora Akunyili would hve make my perfect choice

I'll vote for anything except a Biafran.

A woman like Okonjo Iweala

Never
No Woman will ever be president in this country, know this and know peace

I think the question should be “Would women who vote female presidency?”

I don’t think so.

No way

K

Yeah I can if and only if she give me a reasonable reason to do so I can't just vote for her because she a woman c'mon

2023: Is Nigeria Ready For A Female President?, By Zubaida Baba Ibrahim
The political relevance and value of Nigerian women is not up for debate.
TimesBy Times April 30, 2021

Women at all levels have been consigned to the backdrop, politically, for years and this has seen them reduced to being tools for the political success of male counterparts. Women need to see through and reject the empty promises and petty gifts of male political machineries and their fellow women folk in order to achieve gender balance, equality and equity in society.

In less than two years from now, the curtain will be drawn on the istration of President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB). But while he is still the present occupant of Aso Rock, the seat of power, in Abuja, political gladiators and their parties have started scheming and jostling for PMB’s lofty seat.

Not only Nigeria, but the entire global community expressed unbridled joy over the emergence of Mrs. Samia Suluhu Hassan as Tanzania’s new president. The 61-year-old was Tanzania’s immediate-past vice president until March 19, when providence made her the first citizen of the East African nation, following the demise of President John Magufuli.

But unlike Tanzania, 60 years after independence, Nigeria, Africa’s giant, is yet to have a woman occupying even the seat of the vice president. It is pathetic to note that the efforts of amazons like Mrs. Sarah Jibril to become Nigeria’s first female president in past general elections had proved futile.

First, it should be noted that the political relevance and value of Nigerian women is not up for debate. Over the years, hundreds of women have been gathering at various political rallies to demonstrate for their male equivalents through advocating, campaigning and mobilising others to vote. Beyond that, on the election days, we see women trooping in their magnificent numbers, the elderly and the youthful, queueing up to cast their ballots for male candidates.

To solidify this standpoint, out of 84 million ed voters nationwide in the previous national elections, women have ed for over 40 million, meaning that they make up to 47.14 per cent of the total eligible voters, which can be a measure of the remarkable increase of women’s participation in politics. Despite this, there is a deep-rooted level of under-representation of women in politics when compared to their male counterparts.

The deficiency of women holding political offices can be linked to a few factors beginning with the conception of politics by the female folk, which is the belief that Nigerian politics is based on high political vigour that only men possess, followed by the competitiveness to compete in chaotic environments and the strength to take it by force when force is required, which are both easier for men.

Women’s perception of politics as a dirty game has further estranged them from mainstream politics. Another factor pertains to how political campaigns require major financial backing to be successful. Women’s historical experience of discrimination in the division of labour and job opportunities offered on sexual basis have given the menfolk more productive roles to the disadvantage of the womenfolk. Added to these is the fact that financiers prefer male candidates due to the assumption that they have better electoral prospects.

The major points noted above, coupled with many other factors, offer reasons why Nigeria needs more women to strive for elected offices in the spirit of proper political representation in society. The poor representation of women in governance has become an enabler of discriminatory acts, marginalisation and social closure, which result from one group usurping all opportunities, to the exclusion and displacement of the other group. This is not in any way due to the capability of the women being substandard. In fact, there is a group of female presidents who have laid the foundation for future female leaderships, having some of them who have left emblems on politics in their respective countries.

Let’s take the Nobel Peace laureate and former Liberian president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf who is the longest-serving female president in African history. Beyond her pioneering election, Sirleaf made gigantic steps during her presidency by committing to nonviolence and peace-building processes in her country.

Another example is Malawi’s first female president, Joyce Banda, whose effecient bookkeeping measures helped lift Malawi from the monetary suspension of Western donors and brought in cash injections from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). These role models have shown that women can perform wonderfully in governance and shaping the development of countries.

Political parties need to seize e thwindows of opportunity of approaching national elections to promote women’s participation aggressively by enabling female candidates to get on election lists and subsequently into leadership positions. There should be the demand for women’s inclusion in transitional institutions, especially constitution-drafting bodies, by pushing heads of state and governments to exercise gender parity in executive appointments.

There should also be programmes that fund urban and rural campaigns that publicise women’s contributions and ability to lead, and that also provide financial and technical backing to candidates, irrespective of gender. Women politicians can also establish mentoring programmes to and encourage others to run for office.

Women at all levels have been consigned to the backdrop, politically, for years and this has seen them reduced to being tools for the political success of male counterparts. Women need to see through and reject the empty promises and petty gifts of male political machineries and their fellow women folk in order to achieve gender balance, equality and equity in society.

Zubaida Baba Ibrahim writes from Wuye District, Abuja. Email: [email protected].

Yes! But not because she is a woman. It should be because she has proven herself competent for the position and has campaigned on the strength of that.

Campaigning and clamouring for votes on of playing the victim won't work for me. It only makes them appear like emotional liabilities...

Unfortunately, that's the strength upon which most women have contested so far...

That's my mom, sister. aut or cousin

Praxis758:
Yes!!!!!!!!
Yes!!!!!!!
And Yes!!!!!!!!!


Women like Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala and late Prof. Dora Akunyili would perform excellently better than any male president in the Nigeria of today.

For those who will abuse or criticism my point, can you point out a single man who have out-performed those two women in their respective fields.

Birthing a national change doesn't recognize gender

You are talking about people who are less than 0.000001% of women population, majority of the ones we have don't have the drive to compete but looking someone to pity them and give them the chance to run, laying emphasis on how their gender has been discriminated against, you should also know that in Nigeria, women outnumber men but women will still vote against women because they have not earned it, most of them just want to be pitied

Mko123:
Entrust a whole nation into the hands of a gender that is being controlled by emotions, egos and their itching clitoris

Jeez who hurt you

Entrusting the affair of a troublesome, populous country with over 200 million people with a woman is a big NO NO.

Even men sef, I can only the real 'men' and not boys being controlled by their godfathers.