The
Coordinator of the group, Princess Adebunmi Osadahun, said this during a
solidarity gathering on Tuesday in Akure.
An interest
group under the All Progressives Congress (APC), Aketi Women Campaign Network,
has called on the party to pick female as the running mate of the party’s
standard-bearer, Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.
According to
her, it is unfair that the state has not produced a female deputy governor
since the creation of the state in 1976.
Osadaun also
noted that no woman had ever become a senator, aside only a House of
Representatives member, adding, however, that this was not enough
representation when compared with the votes being churned out by women.
She said that
as the governorship election was on the way in the state, it was high time a
woman became the running mate of the party’s standard-bearer, Gov. Oluwarotimi
Akeredolu.
“Women have
come a long way in our socio-political struggles in Ondo State, but without the
expected recognition.
“Many
credible women had served the state creditably well before. So it is time for
us now to occupy the position of deputy governor.
“I believe
that our state has credible and capable women to lead as it obtains in other
states in the South-West.
“Indeed, none
of these states has treated its women as our state is treating us. Not even
Ekiti, where women have had the opportunity of being deputy governor and
senators.
“Ondo has
never had a single female senator since 1976. The best we’ve had was just a
member of the House of Representatives, courtesy of former Gov. Adebayo
Adefarati.
“The
Secretary to the State Government (SSG) has also become a no-go area for us in
the state,” she lamented.
Osadaun,
therefore, urged Akeredolu and the leadership of the party in the state to
consider one of them for the deputy governorship slot.
“We are
urging our governor to give us the deputy governorship slot. We have the
numerical strength and capable women who are good enough to be picked as
Akeredolu’s running mate,” she said.
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