Ministerial Slots: Groups commend Tinubu for nominating six women

The Women Support Women (WOSUWO) and Heroine Women Foundation (HEWOF) have praised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for having six women in the ministerial list unveiled yesterday by the Senate.

They described the inclusion as unprecedented and in line with Tinubu’s campaign promises to carry women along. The Executive Director of the organisations, Ambassador Onyinye Mamah, who gave the commendation in a statement yesterday, in Enugu, said women have not had it so good since the return of democracy in 1999.
 
The women in the list are Nkiruka Onyejiocha (Abia), Beta Edu (Cross River), Hannatu Musawa (Katsina), Doris Uzoka (Imo), Uju Kennedy Ohanenye (Anambra) and Stella Okotete (Delta).

Mamah noted that the appointments were an indication that the Tinubu-led Federal Government was interested in promoting women inclusion. 
  
While noting that the ministerial nominees are eminently qualified for the task, she asked Tinubu to make them senior ministers, not ministers of state, as witnessed in pervious administrations.
 
She appealed to the president to fulfill his promise of including more women in the next ministerial list and other appointments.
 
Mamah enjoined the female ministerial nominees to justify their appointments by being dedicated and committed to their responsibilities, adding that doing so would open more doors for women appointments into political positions.