Fight for your rights - Obasanjo , Gurib-Fakim urges African Women By Lucy Osuizigbo and Egbogota Clara
Ex-President, Olusegun Obasanjo has said that giving women their rightful place in the political, economic and social space would drive meaningful development in the country. Obasanjo said this at the 2018 Women Power Launch, entitled "Smart Economics: Empowering Women in A Changing World" in Lagos. According to him, unless women are given that space in the politics of the country, they will continue to be shortchanged. ''Women need to be given their rightful place not just the other room but in the boardroom. ''When women get education and are empowered they should be allowed to contribute to the political and socio-economic sphere of the nation. '' Women are more reliable in politics than men, men believe in duplicity in politics. We have to do more than education and throw out of our way of life those culture and traditional or aspect of our religion that put down women. ''Women constitute an indispensable force in the ques...