Abiodun Essiet Initiative for Girls (AEIG), an NGO has called on new area councils in the FCT to reserve 35 per cent of their appointments to women.
Mrs Abiodun Essiet, the Executive Director of the organisation, made the appeal while briefing newsmen on activities of the organisation, on Thursday, in Abuja.
She said women deserved to drive the area councils’ administration agenda in order to deliver good governance to the people, especially those at the grassroots.
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“Though we have our core mandate as an organisation, which is helping girls and women thrive in the society, and to promote their sexual and socio-economic well-being.
“But as a member of the civil society, we can’t shy away from our responsibility to bring to fore issues affecting the masses or group of people, hence the need to raise some of these issues,” she said.
Essiet said that for the sake of gender equity and social inclusion, the chairmen should consider reserving at least 35 per cent of their appointments for women.
She said that the organisation would continue to advocate for political appointments for the original inhabitants of the FCT, as they could only fight their causes when they were at the helm of affairs of government.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event, organised in collaboration with the Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civil Education (CHRICED), has the support of the MacArthur Foundation.(NAN)
