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By Juliet Umeh

Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and IDPs, Mrs, Imaam Sulaiman-Ibrahim has called on Nigerian women to show always interest in politics to be able to make a change and push their case.

Ibrahim made the call at the ongoing Vanguard’s International Women’s Day Conference 2022 in Lagos.

She said: “If you look at the lopsidedness in even the budget allocations when it comes to supporting industries, there are gender-friendly industries that nobody pays attention to because there’s nobody to reiterate the importance of that kind of initiatives at the right places.

“We must begin to be visible.

If you don’t show interest, how do you become a part of any political system?

“We run a democratic process in the country which determines everything that we do as the citizens of the federal republic of Nigeria.

‘And this representation has to reflect in 2023, we cannot wait any further.

“A few weeks ago, there was a proposal for the amendment of the constitution, people saw it as a setback but I saw it as an opportunity to go back to the drawing board and begin to address the way we see ourselves.

‘When you see yourself as a victim, how do you become victorious?

It is important that we have the right kind of representation,” Sulaiman-Ibrahim charges women.

Vanguard News Nigeria