Tinubu’s govt will be friendly to women – Shettima

Nigeria’s Vice President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima, has promised that the incoming administration which would be led by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will be women-friendly.

Shettima made this known at the reading session of a book authored by the former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Usman.

In the book titled, ‘Stepping on Toes, My Odyssey at the Nigerian Ports Authority,’ Usman detailed her experience with the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, among other issues while heading the ports as the first woman to occupy that position.

Shettima, in his brief speech, commended the author of the book while expressing the willingness of their administration to be gender-friendly.

He said, “She is an iron lady, I don’t think I have the courage to write such a book. Be that as it may, I am here in solidarity with our sister. We need to show empathy and support for our women.

“There is a popular saying among the people of Ghana that if you educate a man, you have educated an individual, if you educate a woman, you have educated a nation.

“Be rest assured that the incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will be gender-friendly. He was the first governor to appoint a female as his deputy; he is also the first person to appoint a woman as a Chief Judge of a state. In the North, I was the first person that had five women as members of the state Executive Council.”