Guber Race: Osun Women group pledges support for Justice Oloyede, ADC
As 2018 Osun State governorship election is drawing nearer, an Osun
women group under the aegis of Obokun Women Forum (OWF) has pledged
its support to the Deputy-Governorship candidate of the African
Democratic Congress (ADC), retired Justice Olamide Folahanmi Oloyede,
calling on the women folks across the length and breadth of the State
to rally round the courageous retired jurist.
The women Forum gave the charge through its Leader, Mrs. Agboola
Taiwo, during an interactive session with the ADC Deputy-Governorship
candidate on a familiarization tour of the Obokun local government
area of the State, assuring Justice Oloyede of their support to her
aspiration by promising to mobilize the women and voting aged children
across the local government for the party.
In a statement issued by Oloyede’s Media office and copies were made
available to newsmen on Wednesday, Mrs. Agboola decried the low
participation of women in politics, advising the women in the State to
throw their weight behind the African Democratic Congress(ADC) in the
forthcoming governorship election.
She therefore, advocated for more women participation in politics so
as to avoid being marginalized in the decision making process in the
State and Nigeria at large.
According to the Forum, she maintained that Women and Youths would
responsible for the victory of any political party in the forthcoming
guber election, explaining that the Forum would work assiduously with
the Justice Oloyede to ensure the thirty-five percent (35%)
achievement affirmative action for women in the next political
dispensation.
She urged the women in the area to commence the House to House
campaign for the success of the African Democratic Congress(ADC)
,praising the party for their forty percent (40%) affirmative for
women in its constitution, urging the party leadership to always
respect the Constitution of the party.
In her remarks, Justice Oloyede assured the women of all inclusive
administration if herself and her Principal, Alhaji Fatai Akinade
Akinbade are elected into the office comes September 22nd,2018
,promised to ensure the forty percent (40%) affirmative for women in
their administration as being stipulated by the ADC’s Constitution .
Oloyede expressed her readiness to continue champion the course of
vulnerable women and youths after being elected into the office of the
Deputy-Governor of the State, observing that since 1999, the
representation of women in politics had declined instead of increasing
and she also promised to use her position to reverse the trend through
the democratic enlightenment programmes
She then advised the women in the State to ensure the well-being of
their Children by giving them moral and sound educational training,
maintaining that only education is the legacy a parent could bequeath
their children.
About Author
