2023 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY: BUHARI CALLS FOR IMPROVED WOMEN REPRESENTATION
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark this year’s International Women’s Day “DigitAll: Innovation and technology for gender equality”, President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration will continue to work conscientiously to remove all barriers that prevent Nigerian women from fully attaining and realizing their universal rights.
In his statement through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity Mr Femi Adesina, he pledged that his government would be committed to promoting gender equality and respect for the rights of women.
He said he desires Nigeria to be a country in which women and girls have access to equal opportunities, can live their dreams to the fullest, and enjoy the freedom to contribute immensely to national development and progress.
He commended the hard work and dedication of Nigerian women working tirelessly and achieving results in different fields of endeavour, from those sacrificing daily in the homes, markets and farms, to those breaking limits in education, sports, medicine, arts, entertainment and in politics, where women are still largely under-represented.
He pointed out that even in the face of many obstacles and in a society still largely dominated by men, women everywhere in Nigeria continue to demonstrate that greatness can be achieved through hardwork, dedication and honesty.
He said that he is proud to have worked and associated with some of Nigeria’s brightest women in his cabinet, across the government, and in the international community; meritorious partners in the progress being witnessed on the political, economic and social fronts.
