The Deputy Governor of Kaduna state, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, has noted that no administration has given women political appointments and empowered them like the Malam Nasir el-Rufai government.
Dr Balarabe, who disclosed that the government has disbursed N600 million to women entrepreneurs and groups to boost their businesses in the last seven years, also said there are more female appointees in the administration.
Speaking during the meeting of the women mobilisation directorate of the APC campaign council, the deputy governor who is also the running mate of APC gubernatorial candidate for Kaduna state, Senator Uba Sani, called on women to elect all APC candidates in the coming elections, to enjoy more dividends of democracy.
Dr Balarabe called on women to vote for “the ticket of continuity and progress”
She advised women in Kaduna state to bury the hatchet and unite to vote in APC in all election, adding that doing so is in their interest, “the welfare of their families and the progress of Kaduna state as a whole”.
She promised to make copies of the APC manifesto and list of all the projects and programmes that were executed by the present administration available, in order to help women in mobilising support for the party.
The director of women mobilisation directorate, Hajiya Umma Ahmad, noted that there were more women registered voters than men in Kaduna state, “so women should use their numerical strength to vote APC to victory.”
According to her, the aim of the meeting was for women to speak their minds and give suggestions as to how APC will be victorious in the coming election, adding that the forum is to enhance unity.
The Director General of the APC campaign council, Prof. Muhammad Sani Bello (Mainan Zazzau), noted that the meeting was timely as it was convened at the time that “full blown campaign is about to begin next Tuesday. The campaign will cover all the 34 state constituencies of Kaduna state as it will not be limited to only the headquarters of the 23 local governments. APC is a united party in Kaduna state as there are no factions even after the primaries”.
Prof. Bello called on party faithful to vote for the party’s presidential and gubernatorial candidates, its three senatorial candidates and 16 House of Representatives candidates as well as 34 House of Assembly candidates in the coming elections.
The Commissioner of Human Services and Social Development, Hajiya Hafsat Mohammed Baba, in her contribution, noted that the present administration has not left anyone behind in its development agenda.
According to her, no administration has done for people with special needs like what the government of Malam el-Rufai has done for them.
