The 36 State Women Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) including that of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have passed a vote of confidence on the party’s National Woman Leader, Dr Mary Alile-Idele.
The confidence vote was passed during a solidarity visit by the 37 Women Leaders to Alile-Idele at the APC National Secretariat, Abuja, over the weekend.
This was just as some female protesters stormed the APC headquarters to demand the resignation of the National Women Leader, accusing her of negligence and pursuit of personal interests.
The State Women Leaders, who spoke through six zonal representative passed the ‘Vote of Confidence’ on the party’s National Woman Leader, said at the rate she was going, President Bola Tinubu’s re-election victory in 2027 is assured without much stress.
While announcing the vote of confidence, the Plateau State APC Woman Leader, Afniki Dangin said the National Woman Leader is competent and has carried the 36 and FCT women along.
Dangin said each state has seen the impact of National Woman Leader and that is why the State Women Leaders had decided not only to appreciate her but tell the whole world that she doing well and they were behind her.
“Our President himself has said it that women are the bedrock of the society and women are the ones who came out en masse but I can assure you that with you women will even do more in 2027. With you, at rate at which you are going we can assure the President that he is coming back in 2027 without no doubt.
“Based on that as I stand bold to say that on behalf of Plateau and Nigeria we say that we pass a vote of confidence on you and we are willing and ready to move along with you to take the women in Nigeria to higher height,” she said.
Similarly, the Borno State Woman Leader, Fatika’kenna Monguno who spoke for Northeast zone, said they of the region were 100 percent behind the National Woman Leader and there was no going back on their resolve.
She said: We agreed, we the APC women of Northeast we give 100% to our National Woman Leader. Madam, I came because we saw many rubbish in the newspaper; people that are talking about you they are lying, they are not members of our party. All members of our party, we are 100% behind you. No going back.”
In her remarks, the APC National Woman Leader, Alile-Idele thanked the State Women Leaders for the confidence reposed in her, saying has being working tirelessly to ensure that they are on top of their game by delivering on their mandates and getting what duly belongs to them.
Alile-Idele assured that she will continue to speak for all APC women in Nigeria and in the diaspora saying they will all work together in supporting the APC led Federal Government of Tinubu which is the best government that the country has had since 1960.
“We must applaud the government, we will support the government, we will back the government and more are coming. Of course, we are Oliver Twist we will always ask for more and we must use this opportunity to express our gratitude to the First Lady of this country. She is wonderful, a woman with a good heart, a woman that knows that here children are there; a woman that loves all Nigerian women and I can tell you she particularly loves APC women. Yes because we are her first born.
“She did everything possible to ensure that the Renewed Hope Agenda gets to every woman in this country. So, my dear states women leaders, I appreciate you and thank you for the vote of confidence that you have passed on me and I must tell you that we will hold our hands together and we will work together as a team,” the National Woman Leader said.
