Men now dread to make passes at me after the 2019 polls — Fela Durotoye’s running mate Khadijah Abdullahi Iya feladurotoye ANNigOfficial felas2019train OfficialANNFCT
Khadijah Abdullahi Iya is a woman of many parts: Activist, publisher, philanthropist, politician, no one can deny her quintessential personality. A rare combination of beauty and intelligence, she was the runningmate to the presidential candidate of the Alliance for New Nigeria , Fela Durotoye, and the current National Secretary of the party. In this interview with VICTOR OLUWASEGUN, she shares many interesting aspects of her life.
Some people have described you as simplicity personified. How do you feel about that kind of description? My role model? Number one is the person I was named after. I was named after Khadija, the first wife of Prophet Muhammed . I read her story; she was a very humble, simple lady. Very wealthy woman who packed all the things that she had and handed them to her husband. And the husband was running her business. The second person I was named after; she is my dad’s sister. She was a businesswoman; my aunt, I was named after her. She was a very strict lady with values. She had lots of high standards.
The 35% affirmation didn’t sail through in the last Constitution amendment. Some other countries have it in their constitution and they practise it. It has affected the country, especially in the National Assembly. Do you think that the committees on women affair and women in Parliament in the National Assembly, both chambers, should do more for it to come to pass?
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