Women as ‘women leaders’ in political parties
There is a profound contradiction in the Nigerian political space. The political party hierarchies are male dominated. Most party National Working committees have either one or two women in the executive. More often than not, their roles are limited to ‘Women Leader’ a euphemistic way of limiting their leadership to their voting bloc. Women of course have the highest number of active and loyal voters.
The first Nigerian female to win an Olympic gold in long jump, Chioma Ajunwa and another silver medalist, Charity Opara were both chosen by an Odegbami to mentor because he had always had the conviction that women have the intellectual capacity and dedication to achieve results in any field if given the opportunity.
As one who has been on the political field as a governorship candidate, you notice the commitment and general focus and hunger for good leadership by the rural women. They want genuine progress and you notice their frustration because they are victims of a dysfunctional system. They suffer all the frustrations and the men still breath down on them as you often see some husbands insisting their political choices must be followed by their wives or else they would be in trouble at home.
Hajia says it is then surprising that a state that had a man of her father’s status can show such apathy to women seeking political offices. The idea of some using religion to discourage women from aspiring to political offices to her is an ill-wind that blows no one any good. Saying that a woman should not lead is very unfair. A Queen Amina is a legend today.
As the women leader, she is pushing that out of the nineteen members, at least six positions, in the spirit of 35% affirmative action must go to women so that they can begin to be integrated into the core governance levels instead of the tokenism that exists now. To Hajia, elective and appointive positions cannot be left to the men alone and she would use her tenure to make sure that women across party lines hold the men to equity in the political space.
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