Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Dame Patience Jonathan, on Tuesday called on Nigerians not to vote for a presidential candidate, she said, would put women in pudah(female Islamic dress) or trample on their rights and enslave them.

In a veiled reference to the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), she stated that women deserved to be given due recognition and opportunities and not to be relegated to the background.

She spoke in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, during the Peoples Democratic Party’s women campaign rally.

The President’s wife said Jonathan’s administration had given women more opportunities to actualise their dreams and showcase their potential.

Dame Jonathan said the current administration had offered women great opportunities to be part of decision making in national governance.

According to her, Nigerian women had also been empowered and provided job through the agricultural revolution and other Federal Government’s initiatives and interventions.

She called on the electorate to re-elect Jonathan, noting that the introduction of U-Win and Subsidy Reinvestment Programme had created many jobs for the teeming unemployed Nigerian youths.

She said, “This administration identified and reckoned with women. Women were empowered; they were given opportunities to serve the nation and they performed creditably well to the admiration of the people.”

The Kogi State Governor, Capt. Idris Wada, said Jonathan’s administration had ensured great infrastructural provision and human capital development in the state.

The State Deputy Governor, Mr. Yomi Awoniyi, said the turnout of women at the rally was an expression of love their for Jonathan.


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Young03:
Wat a blessin from God...as for patience
u be me...allow me to choose whom i will vote for...



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ziccoit:
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A7:
All along I thought she is inarticulate, seeing this piece am bewildered by her eloquence. Interesting.

Crap, even in my wildest dreams I'll never believe "damned patient" speaks good english.

SeverusSnape:
She's right, Buhari is a fanatic misogynist.

The way I see that man, Women will suffer greatly under his regime, just like the taliban did in Afghanistan.

There is considerable gender equality under the Jonathan aadministration, Women can now hold key and sensitive positions of authority.

#Neveragain shall our women be subjected to this inhumane treatment

On Women Empowerment

we will:

1. Ensure the rights of women are protected as enshrined in our Constitution;
2. Guarantee that women are adequately represented in government appointments and provide greater opportunities in education, job creation, and economic empowerment;
3. Recognize and protect women empowerment and gender equality with special emphasis on economic activities in the rural areas;
4. Use the Party structures to promote the concept of reserving a minimum number of seats in the States and National Assembly, for women.

ozoigbondu:
I so much love this woman .But she is right muslims do lock up their women amd i don't put it above pa buhari to equate women to goats

Can't wait to contuine enjoying her speeches till 2019 with her husband as president

ziccoit:
PEJ is too ignorant to understand that Buhari as a paramount ruler and all in all in the past did not enforce religion practice in any form.