Association urges President-Elect To Consider 50% Appointments to Women

A non-profit Civil society group known as the Federation of Muslim Women’s Association in Nigeria FOMWAN has felicitated the President-elect, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the Vice President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima on their victory at the presidential election.

The National President of FOMWAN, Hajia Rafiah Sanni conveyed the group’s message in a press statement signed by the National PRO, Hajia Momodu.

The Muslim Women’s group also lauded the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC for conducting a free, fair and credible election in Nigeria.

The group implored all political parties and their candidates who are not satisfied with the outcome of the election to take their grievances to the designated court of law and desist from instigative statements that can cause further pain among citizens.

The Federation of Muslim Women’s Associations in Nigeria, however, urged the administration of Tinubu/Shettima to consider giving 50% appointments to Nigerian women in appreciation of their support during the campaign and subsequent elections.

While lamenting that the Nigerian political system has not been fair to women which is evident with the insignificant number of seats won by women at the National Assembly as well as appointments made into cabinets.

FOMWAN believes that neither the All Progressive Congress (APC) nor their oppositions can win a polling unit without the massive votes from the women folk.

The group appealed to the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the Vice President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima to make a difference by ensuring that competent women from across cultural and religious divides are considered for appropriate positions.

FOMWAN appealed to the President-elect to run an open-door administration to consider policies that will ameliorate the present hardship being faced by the citizens of Nigeria.

The Group also encouraged the duo of Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima to remember their campaign promises that made innocent Nigerians who are desperate for positive change to consider them as their preferred candidates, reminding them that non-fulfillment of promise is a sin in their religion.

The Muslim Women group, however, pledged their unflinching spiritual and moral support for the new leadership.

Dominica Nwabufo