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An APC aspirant, Adewunmi Onanuga has criticized the party for excluding women in its zoning formula.
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Onanuga stated that the three women who indicated interest in the leadership of the 10th National Assembly were not given a chance by the APC.
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The gender bias in APC’s zoning arrangement has been challenged for lack of balance.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that an aggrieved aspirant for the position of the deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Adewunmi Onanuga has knocked her party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) for excluding women in it’s zoning arrangement.
This online media recalls that the APC National Working Committee (NWC) on Monday endorsed Godswill Akpabio and Barau Jibrin for the seats of the Senate President and Deputy Senate President respectively, while Tajudeen Abass and Benjamin Kalu were also endorsed for the positions of Speaker and Deputy Speaker, respectively.
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Reacting to the development, Onanuga, who is the member representing Remo Federal Constituency, said, there is no balance in her party’s zoning formula.
She bemoaned that all the women who indicated interest in the leadership of the 10th National Assembly were not given a chance by the APC.
While bearing her mind on Channels Television’s Lunchtime Politics on Thursday, Onanuga said her party should have engaged members before releasing any zoning formula.
She advanced that “there were three of us who came out, aspiring. The reason we wanted to put our hats in the ring is that we feel that the female gender needs to have a seat at the table of decision-making.
“We are asking that whatever is remaining in the majority, at least one should come to a woman and two others. We are asking for three out of ten, and I don’t think that is too much.
“The two presiding seats have been taken in the House of Representatives, there are eight more seats. Three for the majority leaders and five for the minority leaders. If we are going to go by the 35 percent affirmative action that has just been won in the court.
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“It is important that equity must prevail. As it is now, there is no balance. 4-0 for presiding officers is not a good balance. We need to really engage some more and recognize all those who are aggrieved. I am aggrieved, especially for myself and for the (lack of) gender balance.”
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