Patience Jonathan
Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience Jonathan on Monday urged Nigerians, especially women to re-elect the President in the 2015 election.
The First Lady said they should show appreciation to her husband for being gender sensitive by appointing women into key political offices.
She spoke while declaring open a two-day national conference on women and 2015 election in Abuja on Monday.
The conference with the theme: “Making a Difference,” was put together by the Independent National Electoral Commission, the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development and the United Nations Development Project (UNDP).
The Minister of Water Resources, Sarah Ochekpe, who represented the First Lady, stated that women must be ready to invest their time and resources to create more opportunities for their participations in policy making as well contribute their quota to nation’s economic and political growth.
Ochekpe, who called on the National Assembly to implement the national policy for gender, however, charged women especially political aspirants, to seize the opportunity of the conference to acquire leadership trainings and be informed of the of the proper electoral processes that would improve the country.
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