Ahead of the 2015 general election, the first female minister in Nigeria, Ambassador Ebunoluwa Oyagbola, on Saturday in Abuja called for the election of a female president, saying it would bring positive developments in the country.
She also called for more respect and commendation for ex-President Shehu Shagari who, despite protest by politicians in Ogun State, made her the Minister of National Planning.
The 81-year-old former Ambassador to Mexico spoke with journalists in Abuja at a workshop organised with the theme, ‘Effective leadership through attitudinal healing’ organised by the Centre for Attitudinal Healing.
She decried the fact that despite women’s ingenuity, their appointment into public offices was always seen as a compensation for sexual gratification.
Read the complete story at Punch, published 12 August 2012.
Ahead of the 2015 general election, the first female minister in Nigeria, Ambassador Ebunoluwa Oyagbola, on Saturday in Abuja called for the election of a female president, saying it would bring positive developments in the country.
She also called for more respect and commendation for ex-President Shehu Shagari who, despite protest by politicians in Ogun State, made her the Minister of National Planning.
The 81-year-old former Ambassador to Mexico spoke with journalists in Abuja at a workshop organised with the theme, ‘Effective leadership through attitudinal healing’ organised by the Centre for Attitudinal Healing.
She decried the fact that despite women’s ingenuity, their appointment into public offices was always seen as a compensation for sexual gratification.
Read the complete story at Punch, published 12 August 2012.