Joke Silva advocates for female governor in Nigeria, said it is long overdue

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Veteran Nollywood actress Joke Silva has expressed her concern over the exclusion of women from leadership positions in Nigeria, particularly in the political sector.

Silva lamented that while women were once at the forefront of leadership in pre-independent Nigeria, their presence and influence have diminished in recent times.

The iconic actress emphasized that, by now, Nigeria should have experienced the election of at least one democratically elected female governor.

She highlighted the case of Virginia Ngozi Etiaba, who served as the governor of Anambra State in 2006. However, it's noted that Etiaba assumed the role, taking over the state's affairs after Governor Peter Obi was impeached, rather than being democratically elected.

Speaking in a recent interview with TVC, Silva said: “In the area of leadership, especially political leadership, women have regressed. I mean, we had some really powerful women. You mentioned Fumilayo Kuti earlier. All these powerful women. There were so many of them spread around the nation. So, you expect them to grow in numbers by now.

“At least by now, we should have had a female governor. Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu for one, in contemporary Nigerian politics, is probably the most experienced female politician. She was just in the Senate for a long time and now she is the First Lady. But the thing is this: how many others? But we have so many male senators. It goes back to what late Chief MKO Abiola used to say: ‘A nation clapping with one hand.’ How do you clap? How is it heard?”

Source: dailypost.ng

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