The only woman vying to be Speaker of the House of Representatives in the ninth Assembly, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, representing Umunneochi/Isiukwuato Federal Constituency, Abia State, insists she has all it takes to oversee the Green Chamber.
But if you want to make the parliament less attractive, you have to reduce the jumbo pay of members…?The road to the office of Speaker is said to be lined with banana peels, how are going to navigate through that? I am a woman and I have been supporting women all my life from widows to less-privileged, underage girls and those with different challenges and I am a woman and have not seen myself go against any woman so how do I believe that women are not supporting themselves and any woman will go against me? I don’t believe that.He was Minority Leader before and as I speak, he is the Leader of the House.
So her gender equality is only restricted to power for the Elites? Where is her voice when Police raided/assaulted Women at night in Abuja and tag all as 'Prostitutes'? Some married Women assaulted right in front of Husband. What is more gender discriminatory than this?
Sentimental campaign. Being a woman or Igbo doesn't make her inferior. What better way of leadership can she cone with?
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