LG polls: Adamawa women strategize to occupy top-notch political positions
Women in politics in Adamawa State have indicated their resolve to strategically hoists themselves to occupy top-notch political offices ahead of the forth coming local government election in the state.
The women said they are poised to conquer the political landscape through advocacies, diplomacy, good relationship and good conduct to win the hearts of stakeholders and members of their communities.
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To that end they indicated their resolve to go out and occupy chairmanship and vice chairmanship positions during the forth coming local government polls in the state.
The women who made the vow on the sidelines of a one day strategic stakeholder implementation meeting organized by Garga foundation with support from Supporting Electoral Accountability and Transparency (SEAT) program which took place in Yola on Wednesday thanked governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri for his wisdom in given women the needed latitude to succeed in politics by chosing a woman, Professor Kaletapwa G Farauta as his deputy and appointing another woman as the Chief Judge of the state.
Making the call on behalf of Adamawa women in politics, leader of the women, Hajiya Zainab Sa’idu said, women are rightly suited to occupy high and sensitive political offices because of their sensitivity towards the rights of every member of the society.
In addition she said, like men, women are repositories of wisdom, foresight, high intellect and spiritedness and have what it takes to lead their communities by virtue of their profound achievements in all areas of human endeavor.
Citing example with the state deputy governor, Professor Kaletapwa Farauta and the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Hafsat Abdurrahman whom she described as a shining examples of women Sa’idu expressed optimism that if given such opportunities, women would definitely prove their mettle, dexterity and awesome leadership capabilities.
She noted that women in Adamawa are braced to ensure the total attainment of the affirmative action by coming out en masse to participate in the electoral process urging all stakeholders to follow the governor’s footsteps by supporting the women to attain such noble goals.
While appreciating Fintiri for recognizing the role and place of women in the society Sa’idu said, “Adamawa State governor is the only governor with female as deputy governor and a woman as Chief Judge.
“We are proud that this time around we want to complete the 35 percent affirmative action. Women in politics in Adamawa State want governor Fintiri to wipe away our tears because we suffered to campaign for the government.
“If we cannot get chairman then vice chairmen. So that what the governor started will be completed. We are grateful we appreciate the gesture of the governor but we want more. We want more women in positions of vice chairmen. We will seriously advocate for that because women are prepared to take responsibilities.”
Also speaking, Aminu Adamu the mobilization officer of Garga foundation said the goal of organizing the workshop is to prod women into participating in electoral processes as women have been seriously left behind.
He added that a lot of factors including cultural and socio-economic challenges have been identified to be some of the major stumbling blocks for women participation in politics.
He added that in order to give women courage to take the gauntlet, his organization found it inherent to sensitize the women on some of the far reaching strategies to adopt in not only becoming part of the mainstream political processes but becoming holders of political offices.
“No doubt our women are being marginalized in the political processes therefore we convene this meeting with women leaders from various local governments of the state to chart a way forward with the intention to ensure that women participated in the forth coming local government election and even the general election.
“We expect a lot from their end because we have impacted knowledge on them on how to sensitize the grassroot during the upcoming election. We gave them the encouragement on how to navigate through all the obstacles and challenges.
“We also want them to send the same message at the grassroot by creating awareness so that they will have the courage to participate in the coming election,” he said.
