2023: Group Call For Women Deputy Governor In Ebonyi

-- Drum Support For Tinubu's Presidency By Nwogha Ndubuisi, Abakaliki Group of women in Ebonyi state under the platform of South West Agenda for Tinubu 2023, (SWAGA '23) on weekend called for women deputy governor in the state, even as they declared their support for the All Progressives Congress presidential aspirant,Ahmed Bola Tinubu in the upcoming general election.

The women made their feelings known during the official launching and inauguration of the state executive of Women In Nigeria For South West Agenda 2023, (WIN 4 SWAGA) Ebonyi state chapter in Abakaliki,the state capital. Speaking,the South-East Zonal Coordinator, Ambassador (Mrs) Sunday Ijeoma Omotola, noted that the formation of the group was geared towards improving women Participation in the Country's politics.

Omotola while addressing the women hinted that women have being badly marginalized in the scheme of leadership despite their great role during the season of campaign. She emphatically explained that Ebonyi women have not being given fair treatment in governance of the state and called on all Governorship aspirants to choose female candidate as their deputies inorder to encourage women participation in the state politics.

She maintained that women are gifted a lot to bring positive change in the system and appealed to husbands to encourage their wives by sponsoring them to fully participate in the upcoming general election. She further described Ahmed Bola Tinubu as a true Patriot whose antecedents has proven him most qualified to return the country to it's eldorado. Moreover, Amb (Mrs) Sunday Ijeoma Omotola ask the women to appreciate the national coordinator, Alhaja Kafilat Ogbara who is trying in every good means to liberate Nigerian women from their problems especially the Southeast women and they should also keep praying for Sen Bola Tinubu and Alhaja Kafilat Ogbara who are contesting Nigeria president and House of Representative respectively. Hon Dorothy Ndukwe, state secretary and Mrs Ominyi Martina Amaka of the group commended the women for turning out en mass and charged them to continue advocating for Sen Ahmed Tinubu as his antecedents have proven that he's capable of transforming the country. They challenged the women to ensure they obtain and also validate their voter card as the invention of Biometric Data Capturing machines have made it possible for ones vote to count in the forthcoming general election.

Lending her voice, the state Organizing secretary, Mrs Ominyi Martina Amaka commended members for their turn out and pray that Sen Bola Tinubu emerged as the successor to president Muhammadu Buhari. She appealed to Ebonyi women to join the women league as to deliver Bola Tinubu in the state. On his part, the Pastor, Divine Encounter Church of Christ Ehugbo, Mr Victor Elem Nnali described Alhaji Bola Tinubu as a detrabalized Nigerian whose appointees as former Executive Governor of Lagos state proved that he's accommodative and a man the country needs at the critical period of national challenge. He applauded president Muhammadu Buhari for signing the new electoral law and maintained optimistic that the people's votes would count in the presidential election. He also called on Ebonyians to resist every attempt of clannish Politics but vote on their choice candidate for the interest of the country. Ambassador Edeh Miracle Paschal described Tinubu as a patriotic Nigeria whose emergence would heal the country's wound. He also appealed to the women to ensure they obtain their permanent voter card, even as, they defend them for the interest of the better society and their children's future. Meanwhile, Mrs Sunday Nnennaya,the Ohaozara Local Government Coordinator promised that they are going to spread the news of Sen Ahmed Bola Tinubu's Ambition and WIN 4 SWAGA to every households in their different local government and their communities.