President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday alerted Vice President Yemi Osinbajo that his position as VP was being “threatened’’ by Nigerian women in politics. The president stated this while reacting to a request by Nigerian women who asked for the slot of Vice President of Nigeria in subsequent elections in the country. The women under the auspices of the Nigerian Female Parliamentarians made the request when they paid a courtesy call on Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The chairperson of organisation, Mrs Elizabeth Ativie, who spoke on behalf the delegation, lamented that Nigerian women were being marginalised by their male counterparts in the nation’s body politics. “Since 1999 we only have one principal officer each in the Senate and the House of Representatives. Read more
Buhari to Osinbajo: Your position is ‘threatened’ by women (Guardian)
