₦airaland Forum

By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor, Henry Umoru & Johnbosco Agbarakwu


Whether a Freudian Slip or not, the assertion by an unrecognised presidential aide that President Muhammadu Buhari is shy around women has again captivated the imaginations of Nigerians on the persona of the president.

Though presidential spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina was quick to disown the supposed aide, and also deny his claim, the issue has refused to die.
However, the facts speak for itself on the issue.

Against the estimated 31% involvement of women at the onset of the President Goodluck Jonathan administration in 2011, President Buhari on his part, has started his course with what many are protesting as a miserly 17%. Even worse, the incumbent has proved even more restrained in appointing women into other executive positions.

The president’s supposed disinclination towards the feminine gender was foretold before the presidential election. Mrs. Patience Jonathan, wife of President Jonathan had warned women that Buhari if elected would reverse the gains achieved by her husband in lifting the number of women among the nation’s decision makers.

Remarkably, the issue is one that is being discussed with hushed tones especially among APC members, especially those who supported the president.

Some others, it would seem, would want to live in denial like Mrs. Sharon Ikeazor, one of the leading female enthusiasts of the president.

Contacted on the issue at the weekend on phone, Ikeazor sternly fired back charging that the media should rather face issues of priority to the nation especially the case of the Internally Displaced Persons.

But not so for Mrs Hauwa Shekarau, Country Vice President, International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), who accuses the president of betraying the support given him by women during the election.

“The past administration has set a record in terms of appointment of women into key decision making positions.

“We expect the new government to even do more but we are getting below 10 per cent and truly it is a complete marginalisation of women and in this 21st century it is unacceptable,” she said in a statement.

mikolo80:
chairman
they paid for the oil blocks, they pay taxes on the blocks
dizzy stole ministries money
two different things

northconfusion:
yanzu na gamsu kai dan arewa ne. Amma kana daya daga cikin makiyan arewa ko? Ka duba ka gani yadda yan kudu ke kare yan uwansu ko ta halin kaka. A arewa mafi yawan attajiran mu baru taba rike wani mukami ba a gwamnati bare a kirasu da sunan barayin gwamnati. Misali, Aliku dangote da sauransu amma idan muka duba kudu zaka ga kasha casa'in cikin dari na auajiransu du ma'aikatan gwamnati ne.

northconfusion:
I am just asking: Northerner? How sure are you?


I just wannan you to prove that you are a northerner.

MadCow1:
You do realize that owning oil blocs does not directly translate to stealing right?

I am not defending them o.. Just saying ownership of oil blocs is not a yardstick for knowing a thief..

northconfusion:
Dan arewa? Anya kuwa?

sweatlana:
And all the poeple u mentioned nkor? ?

bigtt76:
With the names listed below ....one thing can be said of them - UNITY. They are united to the core unlike the South South, South East and South West people. While you guys were busy shouting for resource control, they were acquiring the resources I bet you when the resource is finally given back to be controlled by their people, killings and oppression will be the order of the day.

joseph1832:
On the contrary bro, I don't do It. I never accuse anyone without having evidence or proof to back up my accusation. I'm not one who revel in generalization.

dekdek:
Loosers

joseph1832:
Let them provide evidence of those who stole more than Diezani and Alameiyesegha instead of dealing in rhetoric.

All this mouth accusation is becoming very tiring and annoying to read.

“I was minister in this country and I was given the highest responsibility and today some people are struggling to be a minister, and they are celebrating to be a minister as if nobody has been a minister in this state

dekdek:
[s][/s]

Very sad looser.
Yet to recover from Jonah-daft loss.

bashydemy:
2010 electoral act is before the introduction of card reader... Also i never believe tribunal nullify that election based on card reader. Remember there are lots of evidence of killing, Ballot box snatching, massive thumb printing etc.... Also remember the police and Army have testify against the election too before another police forward to say otherwise and he was arrested cos of that.. So the nullification of the election is beyond card reader... He who want to come to equity most come with clean hand, Wike election and rigging is too obvious and glaring for foreign observer to have call for cancellation immediately or else they will not believe in Nigeria democracy anymore. I read about someone who say foreign observer cannot dectate for them, I laugh at that person and i think i should ask him what is GEJ doing in Tanzania?

bashydemy:
But remember International Observer's have call for cancellation of the phony election..

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/international-observers-call-for-cancellation-of-rivers-gov-assembly-result/