‘2019, turning point for women in Kano politics’
Executive Director, Democratic Action Group (DAG), a non-governmental organisation, Dr. Mustapha Muhammad Yahaya, has stated that 2019 was a significant turning point for women in Kano politics, “considering the high level of enthusiasm they have exhibited in contesting for various positions of leadership.”
Speaking at a one-day symposium organised for female students on participating in leadership positions held at the Aminu Kano School for Legal and Islamic Studies in Kano Friday, Yahaya said even though no single woman clinched the position she had contested for in the recent elections in Kano, “the degree of interest they exhibited had attested to the fact that they had woken up from their slumber.”
Citing the example of Hauwa El-Yakub, Barrister Shatu Dankani and other notable women that had fully participated and vied for respective positions during the recent elections to buttress his point, the DAG executive director said “losing election does not implied that one was totally weakened or demoralised.”
Speaking in the same vein, a renowned Kano-based Islamic scholar, Dr. Abdulmutalib Ahamad Muhammad, said women participation in politics was not forbidden in Islam “in as much as a woman presented herself with decorum, prestige and credibility.”
He said the stunning success recorded in sensitising the women folk to be fully alive to the great challenge, could be attributed to the consistent effort of the Nigerian Democratic Institute (NDI), Democratic Action Group (DAG) and Women in Politics(WIP) having waged the struggle almost to a logical conclusion.
Source – blueprint.ng
