2023: APC announces free nomination form for women

The All Progressives Congress APC Women Leader, Dr Betta Edu on Thursday announced that nomination forms for women seeking elective positions in the ruling party is now free.

Dr Betta made the announcement while briefing journalists at the party national secretariat in Abuja.

The women leader who stated that the gesture is part of efforts to support women inclusion in the political space urged women in the party to make judicious use of the opportunity and be involved in politics.

“Today I have the permission of the great, very experienced, gender sensitive chairman, senator Abdullahi Adamu to actually announce to the Nigerian women that APC as a party has provided a platform for them to run.

“The party has gone ahead to approve that women will be running on a free nomination form in our party.

“Before now we have women say we cannot afford the form, we are vulnerable, we are unable but now you have been given the platform with the greatest chance of emerging as a winner of an election because you will be running on the ticket of the ruling party. Not just the ruling party but the party that has performed, a party that is gender sensitive.

“The ball is now in our court, as women we must rise up. We are going into series of processes that will lead to the 2023 elections. We must come out, we must be actively involved”, she said.

She further advice that women support their own in the next general elections.

“This is our mandate. Be the support, be the strength. If a woman comes out to contest give them the support that they need, don’t pull them down.

“I believe that together APC women, Nigerian women will deliver the 2023 elections across board. We must deliver APC in the general elections and every woman taking her place.

Recall that on Wednesday, the Federal High Court upheld affirmative action proposing 35% inclusion of women in elective positions in Nigeria.