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March 8 of every year is dedicated to celebrating International Women’s Day.
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Tinubu used the 2023 celebration to promise an enabling environment for increased political participation of women.
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He said his incoming administration will enact more policies to aid women in politics.
Eko Hot Blog reports that President-elect Bola Tinubu has promised Nigerian women interested in politics that his incoming administration will provide an enabling environment to increase the political representation of women.
He made the vow in a statement to commemorate the 2023 International Women’s Day (IWD), which was marked on Wednesday.
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The 2023 IWD was themed ‘DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality’.
Tinubu called for “deeper engagement” on gender equity in Nigeria.
The former Lagos governor, who was declared winner of the presidential election last week, noted that Nigerian women play very important roles in national life, hence, their potentials must be fully harnessed.
“In our country, women have always played an important role in our social, political, and economic evolution. The story of many of our far gone heroines like Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Margaret Ekpo, Hajia Gambo Sawaba and hundreds of Aba Women who fought for economic rights of women and contributed to the liberation struggle against colonialism will continue to inspire generations to come,” the statement reads.
“The theme of this year’s celebration, ‘DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality,’ is not only about how we must mainstream our women into the digital economy but more importantly about the broader issues of gender equity, equality and the health developmental needs of women and girls through our practices and policies.
“Embracing gender equity for us in Nigeria has progressed beyond technology adoption and participation in innovation; to a more deeper engagement about how we treat issues of economic justice, social mobility and equitable (especially political) representation of women.
“Our population demography and development indices indicate that we can only progress if we harness the numerical value of the human resources, the nation is blessed with. Specifically, our women play very important roles in national life from the family units where they nurture our children who will be next generation of leaders to the farmlands, markets and boardrooms where they play their role as major economic actors.”
Tinubu promised to provide an enabling environment “for these goals to become manifest.”
FURTHER READING
Eko Hot Blog reported on Wednesday that there will be only three female senators in the next national assembly—a sharp decline from the seven in the present assembly.
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