…Demand actualisation of an Osinbajo presidency in 2023
As the All Progressive Congress (APC) National Women’s Conference went underway in Abuja on Tuesday, women from various parts of the federation invaded the International Conference Center, Abuja venue, with demands for the actualisation of an Osinbajo presidency in the forthcoming 2023 general election.
With a sizeable, emphatic presence, the women’s coalition, which includes market women, farmers, traders, artisans and professionals, chorused demand for the Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, to become the APC presidential candidate in 2023, they urged the Party’s Caretaker Committee to strictly ensure that delegates to its national convention don’t become hijacked by those who have participated in looting State or Federal resources in the past.
Leader of the Steering Committee of Women’s Coalition for Osinbajo, Hajia Rabi Dauda, who spoke with newsmen at the ICC, Abuja venue, emphasised that women’s assessment of the current line-up of presidential aspirants across various political parties indicates that Osinbajo is the best option for Nigerian women.
According to her, “We are rooting for Osinbajo; not because there are no other aspirants, but because he is the most qualified and the one with the most easily predictable disposition towards development issues that are of utmost concern to women.
“Nigerian women trust Osinbajo more than any other presidential aspirant and he already has an idea of what the specific challenges of governance in present times really mean”.
She further stated: “We believe that Osinbajo can consolidate upon whatever good foundation that Baba Buhari has laid and Nigerian women are much more optimistic about prospects for a better future under an Osinbajo presidency.
“At this APC National Women’s Conference and beyond here, we are urging all Nigerian women to actively mobilise support for Osinbajo in the interest of generations yet unborn, because 2023 elections will leave a very enduring impact on the fate of Nigeria”.
Speaking in a similar vein, Madam Scholastica Dominic, who led a group of market women to join the women’s coalition for a peaceful rally at the venue, stated that it was a voluntary demonstration of support.
“He is healthy, youth-friendly, and women-friendly; and he represents positive change. Besides, Osinbajo has demonstrated a keen disposition towards seeing things from the perspective of market women and he can make things easy for us; indeed, we believe that he has a great capacity to move Nigeria forward”, said Madam Dominic.
Also, Evangelist Ochoja, who is a member of the inter-faith group within the women’s coalition, expressed women’s confidence in Osinbajo’s preparedness to justify the nation’s collective hopes, adding that many people like her, who cannot be swayed with money, prefer to back Osinbajo in view of his demonstrated capacity to serve with empathy.
