Abakaliki - President Goodluck Jonathan on
Friday expressed the hope of a woman
becoming Nigeria’s president in his life time.
Jonathan, who said this at the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) presidential rally in
Abakaliki, Ebonyi, noted that women in the
country were intelligent and hard working.
He insisted that women should be
encouraged to participate in governance,
especially politics.
"My hope is that a female will one day
occupy the position of the president of this
country.
"I will also like to see Nigerian women who
have distinguished themselves in their
various field make more global impact,’’ he
said.
Jonathan, who commended women for
supporting PDP, solicited their support by
voting for him in the Feb. 14 presidential poll.
Similarly, the First Lady, Dame Patience
Jonathan, who addressed women at the
campaign, urged them to vote for the
president as "one of their own".
"Nigerian women, you cannot exchange your
own for another.
"You must belong to a place or group where
you are accorded full recognition.
"And PDP is that place; we have no other
party," she said.
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