Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has told former members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) that the PDP has always encouraged women participation in politics.
Narrating the progressives inclusions of women in governance under PDP, at his campaign office in Abuja, Anyim said that a woman was made the coordinating Minister of Economy for the first time, minister of petroleum for the first time, and Aviation minister.
Anyim promised to up the ante for women as a president saying, “I will choose a woman as my vice president if I have my way.”
(Adapted from a report by News Express)
