The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, on Thursday urged women in the country to vie for political offices.
Secondus made the call in Abuja at an event with the theme: โPressing for Progress,โ organised by the Office of the Woman Leader of the PDP as part of activities marking the 2018 International Womenโs Day.
He said women in the country had been quiet for too long, blaming the failure of men on the inactions of women.
According to him, unless women play active role in governance, the country would not make the desired progress.
Secondus stressed that any nation that neglected women was heading for doom, adding that women must not allow themselves to be deceived any further.
He said: โI see a country where women participate in the highest level of politics, since we have failed as men have over the years. One day, we shall have a woman president.
โI apologise to women on behalf of men who had been saddled with state responsibility over the years and failed to deliver on their mandates.
โThe struggle for the emancipation of women must continue. We urge women to take advantage of the partyโs constitution provision that makes interest form for any elective office free for women.
โWomen should be courageous enough to contest for any elective office ranging from counsellorship to presidency.โ
The PDP chairman charged women to ensure that only the โpeopleโs governmentโ got into power in the 2019 general election.
