Tinubu Hasn’t Demonstrated Commitment To Inclusion Of Women In Governance – Invictus Africa

The director of Invictus Africa, Adebukola Shonibare has accused President Bola Tinubu of not yet showing commitment to ensuring women’s inclusion in governance.

Shonibare spoke on Thursday during a Twitter space hosted by Enough is Enough (EiE) in collaboration with BudgIT.

Invictus Africa is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that promotes human rights and addresses gender inequality through advocacy.

She said while the president has taken some actions and signed laws, he has not fulfilled his campaign promise of increasing the number of women in governance.

“When we look at executive activism or actions that have been taken by the president, for instance, the issue of appointment. So far, the president has made 20 appointments including the service chiefs but there are only two female appointees,” she said.

“Let us juxtapose that with the president’s words in his renewed manifesto where he said and I quote, they will increase women’s participation in government to at least 35 percent of all government positions”.

“So far, the president has appointed about 20 people and out of those 20 people, women are just 10 percent exactly.

“If we look at the body language of the president so far, based on what we are seeing, he is not yet meeting up with the comments that he has made in terms of social inclusion and political empowerment.

“When it was time to nominate principal officers of the national assembly, the president did not nominate any woman.

So, even if we consider the zoning that the APC and the president put on the table, are we saying we don’t have qualified, experienced and competent women in those geopolitical zones where these people were from?”, she quizzed.