All Progressives Congress (APC)’s women wing, has demanded for a vice presidential slot from the party’s flag bearer, Bola Tinubu.
The women also want 35 percent of cabinet positions after Tinubu emerged president in 2023.
The women who have formed themselves into a support group for the actualisation of Tinubu ‘s presidential ambition, expressed optimism that their aspiration would be realise.
Speaking with journalists in Abuja, the national convener of the APC Nigeria Women in Politics, Princess Bolanle Kazeem, said the group would mobilise all the women of goodwill to ensure that Tinubu wins.
She said, “We are expecting 35 per cent of Asiwaju’s cabinet to be made up of women, but if we get more than that, we don’t mind. This is so putting into consideration the input of women in elections.
“Let the party give us our 35 per cent affirmative action. I want to say that the women in the country want a female Vice President. Let the party give us the VP position. We are making this demand on Tinubu too because we know he has sympathy for women.
“We, the women, have agreed and are ready to give our time and support for our father, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. As the APC women, we will garner and produce for him about 40 per cent of all the votes cast in the presidential election.
“We believe he can be a good president and take Nigeria to the next level. That is why we are bringing ourselves together to canvass and mobilise for him and to vote for him.
“In the areas of insecurity, economy, and infrastructure, we know Asiwaju has done this in Lagos and they are the smallest things for him to do for the nation.”
