We're not only in the 'other room' - Atiku's wife tells Akwa Ibom women (photos)
- Atiku Abubakar's wife has urged women in Akwa Ibom to vote for her husband in the forthcoming presidential election
- Jennifer Douglas charged the women to continue to support PDP, as that would guarantee them a place in the society
- According to Jennifer, with Atiku as president women would not be restricted to the kitchen or the 'other room'
The wife of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has warned women in Akwa Ibom against remaining in the other room.
Jennifer Douglas while speaking at a town hall meeting in Akwa Ibom state on Friday, February 8, said women should be allowed to take public and political offices across the country.
Accompanied by the wife of PDP vice presidential candidate, Margaret Obi; wife of the national chairman of PDP, Pastor Mrs. Ene Secondus and members of the National Assembly; Mrs Abubakar charged the women to continue to support PDP, as that would guarantee them a place in the society.
"We are women that are not only in the other room, we are in the parlour and we are also in the public. We will fight for you, the Akwa Ibom women and the women of Nigeria," Abubakar said.
While charging the women to vote and defend their votes, Abubakar acknowledged the level of sensitization and mobilisation done by the wife of the state governor, deaconess Martha Udom.
Atiku Abubakar's wife has urged women in Akwa Ibom to vote for her husband in the forthcoming presidential election
Source: UGC
She said Atiku had also asked her to assure the women that their businesses would flourish once he is elected president.
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"Your President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, awaiting swearing in, says I should tell you, that he believes in equity, and come February 16, when you vote for him, he will make your businesses to flourish, you will have better security, your children will go to school, all our children, not just a few," Atiku said.
Also speaking, the Akwa Ibom state governor, Emmanuel Udom, assured total support for the PDP candidate, saying, the partnership between Abubakar and the state, was a partnership that will work.
Represented by his deputy, Moses Ekpo, the governor said Mrs Abubakar needed not to campaign in Akwa Ibom, as the state already had partnership with her husband.
Jennifer said with Atiku as president women would not be restricted to the kitchen or the 'other room'
Source: UGC
"It's a partnership that will bring restructuring to Nigeria, it's a partnership that will put food on the table of every Nigerian citizen, it's a partnership that will provide employment for our youths, women and the entire Nigeria, the partnership that will bring an end to incessant killings, a partnership that make Nigeria work again.
"One thing is very clear about Akwa Ibom state, we are the most reliable people on the face of the earth when it comes to elections. There could be a son of perdition, but that son of perdition is being swept off," the governor added.
Earlier, wife of the state governor, Deaconess Udom, said the Akwa Ibom women had great confidence in Mrs. Abubakar and her husband.
She said: "Mrs. Jennifer will speak for women, not the one that is there now that cannot speak for the women. This one will fight for the rights of women and ensure whatever is the entitlement of women gets to them."
"That's why we must return Atiku. We have every reason to vote for Atiku. Atiku will empower the women and ensure they have enough food for their children. With what we have done so far, there is no way PDP will not win Akwa Ibom," she said.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the leadership of 'Igbo Delegate Assembly has thrown its weight behind the candidate of the PDP.
The endorsement by the Assembly is coming barely one week after Ohaneze Nd'Igbo, a Pan socio-cultural group in southeast Nigeria, adopted Atiku as candidate of the region in the forthcoming presidential election.
In a decision which followed a stakeholder's meeting in Abuja on Thursday, February 7, the Igbo Assembly, released its communiqué, affirming its support of the Nnia Nwodo-led Ohanaeze Ndigbo and its endorsement of Abubakar, as the Presidential ticket of choice for Ndigbo.
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