Kudos To Senator Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan, First Female Governorship Candidate The All Progressives Congress (APC) made history in the country when a woman emerged as its Governorship Candidate for Taraba State in the 2015 general elections in a primary election held yesterday in the State; Senator Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan roundly defeated four males to emerge the winner. She is a Lawyer of more than thirty years. She had been Attorney General of Taraba State. She is well spoken, amicable, self assured, unpretentious and friendly. Indeed she is an Amazon in all ramifications. Senator Al-Hassan speaks how difficult and challenging for a woman to be in politics in what she called a very conservative North Eastern Region in the country. She said that women from that part are by upbringing very shy and lay back because of religion and culture. I was really very impressed that she has decided to throw her hat into the rough and tumble of politics in such a difficult and conservative environment. This is evidence how determined, dogged and politically astute Senator Al-Hassan is. Senator Al-Hassan reminds me of tough women politicians and statesmen we have seen in conservative Muslim dominated countries in Asia such as Bangladesh and Pakistan such as late Benazir Bhutto(21st June, 1953-27th December, 2007) the 1th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and then 1993 to 1996. There is also Sheikh Hasina the current Woman Prime Minister of Bangladesh. I was struck when I discovered that her Personal Assistant was a young Christian Lady from the Igbo speaking part of Delta State. This is striking evidence on how open, accommodative and broadminded Senator Al-Hassan is. She will make a good governor in a mini Nigeria like Taraba State. Taraba State is ethnically very diverse and also multi-religious. The emergence of Senator Al-Hassan as the Governorship Candidate of the APC for Taraba State is the first time a Woman would be the Governorship candidate in a major political party in the Country. I think the emergence of Senator Al-Hassan has more than ever shown that the APC is a liberal, progressive and social political platform committed and dedicated to changing the social, economic and political landscape of the country to usher in economic progress, prosperity and democracy founded on social and economic justice. It has also established the fact that APC is committed towards preservation of the interest of Woman, Youth, ethnic and religious minorities and economically and socially disadvantaged segments of the population. Which evidence does one need to see that truly APC stands for Change as amply demonstrated by the emergence of Senator Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan as the Governorship of the Party for the 2015 governorship election in Taraba State?
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 09:31:47 +0000
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