I’m being tempted to agree with those who say that
women are a necessary evil, a desirable calamity and a
domestic peril. How do you explain this? A politician
like the People’s Democratic Party’s vice presidential
candidate Peter Obi would ordinarily want to protect his
wife from the life and shine of politics but necessity
warrants him to expose her to the campaign fields for
the purposes of winning the 2019 elections. She
needed to come out to work with other women because
her husband’s party needs to win the election.
For the same purpose, Atiku Abubakar, the presidential
candidate of the PDP had unleashed all his wives on
the electorate to go campaign for the success of the
PDP. At this moment, it doesn’t matter who should
become the first lady when he wins. The most important
thing is to win and the women are all cooperating to
ensure that.
After raving and ranting about the cabal that hijacked
power from her husband, Wife of the President, Aisha
Buhari‘s emerged from the kitchen and the other room
to head her husband’s women and youths campaign
train. She has since forgotten her threats about never
going to support her husband’s re-election because of
the cabal she alleged had hijacked power from the
president.
In an interview with the BBC in 2016, Aisha Buhari had
threatened to withdraw support for her husband if he
chose to seek re-election unless he shakes up his
cabinet and includes more people who worked for his
success in 2015. She said although the victory of the
APC in 2015 was a collective effort of millions of
people, the government is being operated by a few
people.
Again last month, Aisha Buhari lamented that two
powerful personalities have constituted themselves as a
clog in the wheel of speedy development of the
country. She claimed that her husband would have
achieved more or even achieved all he had promised in
one year but for two people in government who will
never allow things to move fast. The President’s wife
said that she was disappointed in men who rather than
fight these two men, will go to them in the night
begging for favour But before the end of December last
year, Buhari had denied claims by his wife that two
persons she referred to as cabal were controlling the
affairs of his government. The President even
challenged his wife to prove the existence of the cabal
or remain silent, stressing that no one or group of
persons were dictating the affairs of his government as
being claimed.
But all these are now history.
In this period of electioneering campaigns, no woman
belongs to the kitchen and the other room anymore.
Women constitute the highest number of voters and are
professional composers of praise songs for candidates
seeking elections in various categories. Women have
the strength of a horse and can combine campaigns
rallies and travels with taking care of the home front and
still be active in the other room.
How lovers turned killers are sending partners to early
graves
Despite her challenges, the Nigerian woman never
ceases to amaze. She is always at her best doing what
she knows how to do and would still remain s*xy,
sassy, stimulating, scintillating and sensual for her
husband, including being a stabilizer in the home front.
Yet, while an Obiageli Ezekwesili would announce
decision to withdraw from the 2019 presidential race
and end her membership of the Allied Congress Party
of Nigeria (ACPN), another woman in her position
would push on.
Ezekwesili had cited divergence of values and vision
with the leadership of the party as her reason for
resigning, pontificating that Nigeria and Nigerians
deserve a new order of ethical, competent and capable
leadership.
According to her, she had assumed that the ACPN
was aligned with her to offer that, until it proved
otherwise.
In other words, her party betrayed her cause.
And the party’s next step proved her right. It quickly
endorsed the candidate of APC, Muhammadu Buhari, a
decision announced by Ezekwesili’s erstwhile VP
candidate who is also the chairman of ACPN.
We should also remember that as the presidential
candidate of ACPN, many have always believed that
Ezekwesili was campaigning for Buhari. Those who
believed that had their reasons and it seemed current
developments have proven them right too.
Many women who dabbled in active politics have had
disappointing tales to tell. Only a few went far to
achieve their goals and even then, it was not easy for
them.
The thing about the women is a huge challenge. Apart
from being used as a back-up, a lot still needs to be
done to give women more room for participation in
politics.
As stated by Afe Babalola, it does appear that the huge
and overwhelming representation of women at most
political rallies has not transformed to increased
opportunities for women to contest election .
What do you think?
Source:
www.vanguardngr.com/2019/01/this-thing-
about-women/
