Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has been commended for his efforts in ensuring the inclusiveness and greater participation of women in politics in the state.
The commendation came from United Nations Women Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Comfort Lamptey.
She applauded governor Bello for giving opportunities to women to harness their contributions in governance at all level of governments in the state.
Lamptey thanked Governor Bello for buiding an inclusive and gender-sensitive governance system in Kogi State, particularly the victory of women as vice chairpersons in all the 21 Local Government Areas of the state.
She reiterated the commitment’s of her team to pay a walking visit to kogi state as from first week of next Month to meet with the Governor to fashion out ways of supporting the ongoing efforts of his government in promoting women’s empowerment and gender equality in the State, and explore possibilities for partnership and collaboration to support the newly-elected vice Chairmen a cross the local government area in the who are all women to enable them succeed in their new assignments.
The Cordinator United Nations Women Focal Point, Chundung Ashley Dauda also stressed the need for other Governor’s in Nigeria to emulate Governor Bello good gesture.
It may recalled that recently the Nigerian Council for Women Society conferred “He for She” award on Yahaya Bello as the most gender sensitive governor in the Nigeria, and it’s also on record that Governor Yahaya Bello has over 80 women in his cabinet where all the 21 vice chairmen in the state, Head of Service, SSG are all women.