In Nasarawa State, women staged a “topless protest as a means of registering their displeasure with the election results”.
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| 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, at his Polling Unit exercising his franchise by voting in the 2023 State House of Assembly election in Anambra State on Saturday 18 March, 2023 |
2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has expressed sadness after seeing a “heartbreaking video” of the “topless protest” by the women of Nasarawa State.
The former Governor of Anambra State said, “our women should be honoured and respected, and their rights protected”, and went further to reassure his commitment to “40% affirmative action for women in political appointments”.
Obi said: “I just came across a sad, heartbreaking video where Nasarawa women staged a topless protest as a means of registering their displeasure with the election results.
“The purpose of election is for citizens to participate in democratic governance through the representatives they elect. A grievous injustice occurs when citizens are denied the opportunity to vote in a free, fair and credible process or their mandate is stolen from them.
“Our women who should be honoured and respected, and their rights protected, have been degraded and left to seek justice the only way they can trust by calling on their creator.
“I remain committed to 40% affirmative action for women in political appointments and will encourage the same in the corporate world. As a nation, we must do better and ensure that the mandate of the people is not stolen from them.”
