GJEI said there is no way Nigerian can develop without women

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Group seek more women representation

The Gender Justice and Equity Initiative (GJEI), a non government organization championing the cause of women has called for more representation of women in elective positions in Nigeria. The group said there is no way Nigerian can develop without women

Speaking in Abuja, the country representative of GJEI, Nana Modupe Onwodi said Nigeria cannot relegate women to the background and expect to achieve the same measure of success with other developed countries who have inculcated women into their national development process.

Onwudi said rather than continue to rely on goodwill or sympathy of men to get appointment into offices, women must begin to believe in themselves.

She said there is still gender discrimination in the country, despite efforts by the current administration to inculcate women into national development process.

?Some of the policies of the president have come up with for women have not been implemented. The women have not benefited from these projects.

We don?t feel the Nigerian women are getting the best deal currently. It is true that women are in position. But how many women?s live have they touched. If you have 50 women in the entire cabinet and the lives of the women on the street are not being touched, what is the point??

She said her NGO is currently working with other relevant agencies such as VIO and social development department to train women drivers

According to her, the import of the project is to empower young women and take them off the streets

?Our youths are fast becoming miscreants. Its not just that our youths are unemployed, they are unemployable. We need to educate and empower our youths?

She said, ?The men are not fully convinced about the capabilities of women to hold leadership positions. We need their support. They have to believe in us?.

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