Women rejects ex-commissioner as PDP leader

Women members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have rejected the selection of the former Commissioner of Information and Orientation, Lois Emmanuel, as the party’s Women Leader.

The decision of the party to impose her on the women in the state Congress that took place yesterday in the Jolly Nyame Stadium has sparked discussions within the party, especially among the women.

Chanting various songs of rejection, some of the women who spoke with the media at the stadium tied their rejection of Lois to the fact that she is not accessible.

Though the party went ahead to swear her in as the party’s Women Leader, most of the women who spoke to our state correspondent vowed to distance themselves from her.

Some of the women who also vowed not to recognize her urged the state governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas, to, as a matter of urgency, insert the right peg in the right hole by replacing her with a more suitable and acceptable woman.

Speaking, the newly elected state chairman of the party, Alhaji Abubakar Bawa, promised to carry all members of the party along.

Bawa, who vowed not to let the party down, said he would build a party that will assist the governor in elevating the state to new heights.

Even though Congress members from the national headquarters of the party described the Congress as free and fair, the women argued that the selection of the Women Leader was against their wishes.

All the elected executive members of the party, as observed by The Guardian, were unopposed.

The party’s women members, who are now calling for her removal, said they would tread every legitimate path to ensure she is removed as the party’s Women Leader.

Congratulating the newly elected executives, the state governor promised to work closely with them to achieve the desired goal.

He also pleaded with the protesting women to exercise patience, vowing that their demand would be addressed as soon as possible.