As the 2023 general elections draw near, women leaders in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from Egor Local Government Area of Edo State have been urged to remain united, speak with one voice and work for the victory of the party in the forthcoming elections.
Andrew Emwanta, the commissioner for youth and gender issues, who made the appeal during a solidarity visit by women leaders from Egor Local Government Area to his office in Benin City, said the women should continue to work with one voice to ensure that PDP in Egor Local Government Area remains very strong.
“My Joy is that you are speaking with one voice, but I want to enjoin you to continue to be united. We should work together because there is nothing like new or old PDP, we must break the barrier because we only have one PDP,” he noted.
According to Emwanta who was flanked by the permanent secretary, Peter Osagie and the director of youth, Asiriuwa Victor, who are both from Egor Local Government Area, the women are going to be given their rightful place in politics.
The commissioner informed the women that there are plans to organize a special rally in Egor Local Government Area and he assured them that they will be carried along in the scheme of things, noting that, “If we are united, we will not have problems.”
“When people like us are in PDP, the oppression of the women must end, we must give women their respective place and play politics of equality,” he added.
The PDP woman leader in Egor Local Government Area, Izevbigie Comfort said they will continue to support the administration of Godwin Obaseki for appointing Andrew Emwanta as a commissioner and they promised to remain united to ensure victory for the party in the forthcoming elections.
While promising the commissioner that the women will continue to pray for him to succeed, the woman leader, noted that they are happy that he is taking issues concerning the women seriously, because in the past, most of them work for the party and they are not rewarded.
The women leaders from Egor Local Government Area who were present during the visit which featured prayers and praise singing include Oghogho Ben-Osawe, a former councilor in Egor Local Government Council and Stella Obazee amongst others.
They all left smiling with gifts from the commissioner who assured them that other government appointees from the local government area will accord the women the attention they deserve as mothers and pillars of the society.
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Edo State Commissioner for Youth and Gender Issues. Hon Andrew Emwanta, the PDP woman leader in Egor LGA. Izevbigie Comfort (Far Right) with other women during the visit to the Commissioner.
