By Oludamisi Ojo
The wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, has told Ekiti women that only the All Progressives Congress has the policies and administrative frameworks capable of promoting and protecting women in the state.
She, therefore, pointed out that allowing the APC governorship candidate in the June 18 election, Biodun Oyebanji to succeed her husband, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, will be of tremendous benefit to womenfolk.
Also, the APC National Women Leader, Dr. Betta Edu, assured that Oyebanji as captured in his manifesto was ready to implement 40 percent affirmative action for women in terms of appointments and elective positions.
The Ekiti State First Lady spoke in Ado Ekiti, on Sunday, at a feminine promotion and empowerment event called ‘Obinrinkete’.
Addressing the mammoth crowd of women that graced the event held at the Ekiti Parapo Pavilion, Fayemi assured the women that Oyebanji will sustain all the women-centric policies initiated by the present government.
She said” A vote for APC, is a vote for your progress. Don’t take any chance, come out and vote and ensure that the right government takes over after Governor Fayemi and that right man is Biodun Oyebanji. We want to have a Governor that can see women as partners.
“Ekiti has the most robust legal frameworks for the promotion of women in Nigeria. The government has been promoting capable and competent women in government and we want a government that can sustain this by continuing with all the good works”, s
The APC Women Leader, Dr. Edu, while speaking said women are germane to the success of any election, especially being rated as having the highest voting strength in the country.
She urged them to be circumspect of the fact that they are always the worst hit in any society where bad governance is being experienced, which she said made it expedient for them to vote wisely in the Ekiti election.
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She said APC presidential candidate and National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is from this geopolitical zone stressing that “Ekiti can’t afford to be in the opposition. You must join the moving train. Men must continue to support women . These are people we must empower”.
Oyebanji urged the women to go home and mobilize for the party, while on the day of the election, they should vote for APC as it is the only party with a policy that can transform peoples’ lives.
