{"id":30648,"date":"2014-08-28T16:59:47","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T15:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=30648"},"modified":"2014-08-28T16:59:47","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T15:59:47","slug":"governor-ahmed-solicits-greater-roles-women-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/governor-ahmed-solicits-greater-roles-women-governance\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Ahmed solicits greater roles for women in governance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409220441712_77586\" class=\"yiv9673359708gmail_quote\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409220441712_77585\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409220441712_77584\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409220441712_77590\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409220441712_77589\">Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has said that more spaces should be created for women, especially in the political sphere to express themselves and maximise their potentials for national development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409220441712_77622\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409220441712_77624\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409220441712_77623\">Governor Ahmed said this at the 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0Kwara Progressives Women Summit held in Ilorin, stressing that it was in the best interest of the country that women are accorded greater recognition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409220441712_77625\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409220441712_77627\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409220441712_77626\">\u201cIt is in the interest of our current and future generations to create more spaces for our women to express themselves and achieve their maximum potential, especially in the political sphere where women are still under represented\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409220441712_77628\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Ahmed said the theme of the summit \u201cReal Development and Women Participation: An Agenda for positive Change\u201d coincides with the efforts of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governments to profer structural solutions to national challenges.<\/p>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409220441712_77640\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile affirmative action has seen more women occupy political offices, we must do more and reserve a higher proportion of economic opportunities such as access to credit and other empowerment for women\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Governor said his administration ensured that significant share of the 10,200 jobs it created went to female youths while a high number of the 41,000 small business owners that have benefited from its N700m micro credit scheme were women.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Oyegun, represented by the party\u2019s Deputy Chairman, South West, Mr Segun Oni said the party remained a credible platform for the provision of qualitative governance in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Converner of the Summit, Princess Olufunke Adedoyin said it was designed as a vehicle for galvanizing and engendering greater female political activities and participation across the State, adding that the summit would address issues that concern when and harness ideas and suggestive to move the state forward.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>PRESS STATEMENT<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has said that more spaces should be created for women, especially in the political sphere to express themselves and maximise their potentials for national development.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Governor Ahmed said this at the 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0Kwara Progressives Women Summit held in Ilorin, stressing that it was in the best interest of the country that women are accorded greater recognition.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is in the interest of our current and future generations to create more spaces for our women to express themselves and achieve their maximum potential, especially in the political sphere where women are still under represented\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dr Ahmed said the theme of the summit \u201cReal Development and Women Participation: An Agenda for positive Change\u201d coincides with the efforts of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governments to profer structural solutions to national challenges.<\/p>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409220441712_77639\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile affirmative action has seen more women occupy political offices, we must do more and reserve a higher proportion of economic opportunities such as access to credit and other empowerment for women\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Governor said his administration ensured that significant share of the 10,200 jobs it created went to female youths while a high number of the 41,000 small business owners that have benefited from its N700m micro credit scheme were women.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Oyegun, represented by the party\u2019s Deputy Chairman, South West, Mr Segun Oni said the party remained a credible platform for the provision of qualitative governance in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Converner of the Summit, Princess Olufunke Adedoyin said it was designed as a vehicle for galvanizing and engendering greater female political activities and participation across the State, adding that the summit would address issues that concern when and harness ideas and suggestive to move the state forward.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409220441712_77641\">\n<div>CAPTIONS;<br \/>\n4888<\/div>\n<p>L-R; All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftain, Princess Funke Adedoyin, Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly (KWHA), Hon. Razak Atunwa, Kwara State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed, APC National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and Deputy National Chairman, APC South West, Engr. Segun Oni during the Unveiling of the 1 for More Logo at the 1st Kwara Progressive Women Summit in Ilorin&#8230;Thursday.<\/p><\/div>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409220441712_77638\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409220441712_77634\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409220441712_77635\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Muideen Akorede, PhD<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409220441712_77633\">Senior Special Assistant to the Governor,<br \/>\n(Media and Communication),<br \/>\nGovernment House,<br \/>\nIlorin.<\/p>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409220441712_77632\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">I invite you to follow @Governor_Ahmed on twitter<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has said that more spaces should be created for women, especially in the political sphere to express themselves and maximise their potentials for national&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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