Leaders of the Adamawa Women in Politics, National Council of Women Societies, and the Special Reserved Seats for Women groups have accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of excluding women from candidates for the State House of Assembly.
The women leaders, briefing newsmen in Yola, said the exclusion of six women who contested for the assembly seats from various constituencies is unacceptable.
The Coordinator of Adamawa State Women in Politics, Comfort Ibrahim, expressed dismay over the outcome of the APC primary for the assembly, lamenting that no woman is among them, which signals a worse situation than the current Assembly that has one woman as member.
“We have one female lawmaker at the assembly now and hoped for more women but the reverse is the case as no single woman emerged as a candidate among those who contested in the APC primary,” Comfort Ibrahim said.
According to her, the development is a sad setback to the collective aspirations for inclusive governance, democratic fairness, and gender balance representation.
She added that the absence of female candidates raises concerns about the commitment of democracy to gender equity, fairness, and the democratic principle of equal representation, as the interests of women may not adequately be represented in legislative deliberations.
DAILY POST reports doubt hangs around the Adamawa State House of Assembly primary of the APC, as results have not been officially released till date.
Efforts to get the APC to give an update on the primary has repeatedly failed to yield any result, but the women groups insist they know there is no woman among those to be announced as the candidates.
The Adamawa State House of Assembly has 25 members, meaning that the APC, like all participating parties, is expected to have a maximum of 25 House of Assembly candidates for the general election.
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