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being repeatedly told ‘you are a girl o or you are a woman o’. This statement is usually made when a woman or a girl does things the society believes should not be done by a girl or a woman, or when she is refusing to do something that society has labelled chores for the female folk. We have even extended this thinking to matters of probity and accountability. We expect women to be more accountable.

Over the years, we have this penchant for expecting women to act differently, even in matters of corruption. A few months ago, I came across a tweet in which someone expressed surprise at the kind of money ex-Minister of Petroleum Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke stole. He had wondered: “Doesn’t she know she is a woman!” That tweet touched a nerve on account of its sub-text – Would it have been okay if Mrs.

I want to believe Onwubiko will soon ask Ngige or Akpabio for a public debate. Except you have been living on Mars, you must be aware of the show of shame enacted by these men at the National Assembly. Thanks to Akpabio’s appearance, the world was treated to the infamous “Off your mic” show. Now our lexicon has a new addition.

I feel a pattern of harassment of female ministers seems to be emerging in Nigeria and I will provide a few examples. Where women ministers have been accused of some malfeasance, the reaction of the horde is almost mob-like. The cries for crucifixion are very loud and there is always that unspoken – doesn’t she know she is a woman?The vilification of women in politics is just one of the many injustices the female folks face in our country.

Imagine for a moment that the trio of Akpabio, Ngige, and Keyamo were female ministers and they took on the lawmakers. Imagine the headlines. Imagine the condescending tone of the lawmakers. Imagine the outrage that would have ensued on social media with Nigerians calling the female ministers disrespectful and uppity and asking: “Don’t they know they are women!”

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