Only three women were included among the many 76 individuals listed to attend the inaugural All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council meeting scheduled for Tuesday in Abuja.
The meeting, in accordance to an internal memorandum dated 18 October and signed by the council’s Secretary, Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, is scheduled for two p.m. on the Presidential Campaign Council headquarters on (*76*) Macaulay Way, Central Business District, Abuja.
Gender imbalance
Of the 76 names reviewed, 73 are males, and three are women, representing roughly 3.9 per cent feminine illustration.
Only women enjoying the position of a secretary were invited to the top-level political mobilisation meeting.
The three women are Zainab Marwa, Secretary of the Directorate of Infrastructure Mobilisation and Sensitisation, Hadiza Usman, Assistant Secretary within the Secretariat, and Stella Okotete, listed as Secretary I within the Directorate of Election Planning, Coordination, Monitoring/Mobilisation.
The memo incorporates the breakdown of vice chairpersons, state coordinators, director basic and deputy director generals, and numerous directorates listed to be in attendance.
“Kindly note that the meeting is strictly by invitation to the list of attendees as attached herewith,” the put up reads.
The meeting will likely be attended by a number of outstanding members of the campaign council, together with Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike; Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke; Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo; and Mr Uzodimma.
Also anticipated on the meeting are Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas and Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, who’re listed as deputy vice “Chairmen I, II and III,” respectively.
Other senior members of the council embody Yobe State Governor Mala Buni, appointed deputy director-General I for the North, and Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, who’s deputy director-general II for the area.
The reporter couldn’t attain Oguwike Nwachuku, the chief press secretary to Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, for feedback due to poor community connectivity.
An SMS searching for his response was despatched, however no response had been obtained on the time of publication.
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