Kogi gov’s women empowerment unprecedented – NCWS

President National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) Dr. Gloria Laraba Shoda has said  the political will exhibited by Kogi state Governor Yahaya Bello in the area of women empowerment remains unprecedented in the history of Nigeria’s politics.

She said there was need to celebrate ‘this feat’ which, according to her,  represented a milestone worthy of emulation by other chief executives in the country.

A statement from Government House Lokoja and made available to Blueprint in Abuja late Sunday,  quoted Shoda as saying this Saturday at the conferment of  a Goodwill Ambassador  of Nigerian Women on the governor by the NCWS  and an award presentation as the most gender-sensitive governor in Nigeria

She noted that an organisation, Global Gold Consult approached the NCWS on the need to honour Governor Bello and that after carrying out their own independent findings, they all concluded that such honour was the least they could do in recognition of the laudable inclusive governance by the governor.

She noted that the required action to put women on the spotlight for effective governance was being experienced under Bello’s leadership.

 “By his (Bello) sheer penchant for good governance, the governor has taken bold steps to ensure women had fair share in the governance structure in the state,” the NWCS said.

She added that it was the wish of all women in the country that the governor takes up higher opportunities and responsibilities after his tenure as governor so that the Kogi model could be replicated at the national level.

Receiving the award, Governor Bello affirmed that his good conducts both in public and private were largely shaped by the good women who surrounded him during his early life, as an adult and a family man.

The governor, who was emotional while speaking, noted that his mother and late matriarch of his home, Hajiya Hauwa’u Bello, right from when she gave birth to him up till March 15, 2020 when she passed on, dedicated her life to raising him and his elder siblings after her husband and their father, Alhaji Bello Ipemida Ochi died relatively early in life.

He added that in similar vein, the women of his family have been great source of direction and compass for him.

 “The matriarch of my home, Hajia Amina Bello; the First Lady of Kogi State, Her Excellency, Hajiya Rashidat Bello and my other wives, all of them and equally, my beloved dear daughters and my sisters are all in the forefront of shaping my private and public conduct”, he said.

“Happy is the man who finds himself under the influence of good women at every season of his life”, Bello said, noting that he has been fortunate to be one of such men and took pride in describing himself as a product of the combined love, strength and sacrifice of many wonderful women.

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