Women abandoned their own...

The noise about the PDP 2011 presidential primaries seems to have dies down but one thing of importance stand out during the process, where were the women at the primaries?

Sincerely, if the women of Nigeria wants to be recognized and respected as part of the new democratic re-engineering, they need to sit down and have a heart to heart talk with each other. They complain of not been adequately represented in government, and therefore shout to the high heavens to be given more opportunities in representing themselves but the opposite was the case during the PDP gathering. Infact, I was taken aback by the disposition of the women at the venue during and after the whole exercise, not even a single vote was cast as a mark of solidarity for Mrs. Sarah Jubril, there is no doubt that the single vote scored was her vote.

The women folk abandoned their own, why? It is certainly the case of Brutus and Julius Ceasar, Mrs. Jubril was stabbed this time not at the back but before her very eyes. Many reasons may be adduced to the actions of the women but am not here to state what and what really took place, however, it is advisable for the women folk to work together as one if they really want to be recognised and respected.

Call her the last woman standing, according to CLIFFORD NDUJIHE, Vanguard Deputy politics editor, "She is the only woman challenging President Goodluck Jonathan and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in today’s quest for the presidential flag of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP."

Kudos goes to Mrs. Sarah Jubril, the Amazon of Nigerian politics, she had shown that in the face of adversity, ethnic and sectional bias, she can be relied on as someone who will not stand aside and watch while the supposed elites in the North are misleading and misdirecting their followers. Her words in Vanguard, "Indeed, if zoning to marginalised sections of the polity and voting power were to be the only determinants of the 2011 presidential polls, Jubril says she would be the biggest beneficiary. According to her, women had been grossly marginalised in the power-sharing arrangement, with no woman occupying the nation’s highest office since independence in 1960."

The outcome of the primaries has shown that anyone, anywhere has and can be opportuned to serve in any capacity within the country, the dreams of our fathers to see love and unity been endowed and practice should be our utmost aim for Nigeria to move forward.

Awake Nigeria, Awake our Mothers, Awake for Progress...