Gender insensitivity: Abike Dabiri says no woman was included in APC south-west leaders’ meeting

Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), has expressed dissatisfaction over the non-inclusion of women in the All Progressives Congress (APC) south-west leaders’ meeting.

The meeting was held on Friday at Lagos government house.

The aim of the meeting was to work out plans to ensure that the south-west does not lose the ticket because of the number of presidential hopefuls that have declared their interest to run.

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Bola Tinubu, former Lagos governor; Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti, and Ibikunle Amosun, former Ogun governor, were the presidential hopefuls at the meeting.

But it was an all-men affair as no woman was seen at the meeting.

In a tweet on Saturday, Dabiri-Erewa posted a photograph from the meeting, and said “there is God o!”

“Hmnnn! Meeting of APC south-west elders/ leaders. NOT ONE SINGLE WOMAN! From the whole of the south-west Dia is God oooooo,” the NiDCOM chairperson tweeted.

There have been calls for the inclusion of more women in politics and governance.

Bills seeking to create special opportunity for women to be involved in politics and governance failed at the national assembly.