The Women in Politics forum, a non-governmental organisation, says it is disheartening that the federal government did not name any of the 15 airports after Nigerian women. NAN reports that
The Women in Politics forum, a non-governmental organisation, says it is disheartening that the federal government did not name any of the 15 airports after Nigerian women.President Bola Tinubu had recently namedReacting to the renaming, Ifendu said the exclusion of females from the list has shown that the efforts of women in nation-building were not recognised.
“These brave women defied our highly patriarchal setting to contribute to humanity and should be well celebrated at any given opportunity.
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