Give Women 10 Special Advisers, Activist Appeals To Gov Inuwa

BY NAJIB SANI, GOMBE

A women rights activist in Gombe state and executive director of a non governmental organisation ‘Advocacy For Children’s Right Initiative’ Barrister Martha Daniel has appealed to the state governor Inuwa Yahaya to consider ‘at least 10 women’ in the list of 30 special advisers he is proposing to appoint in his second term in office.

Recall that the state house of assembly has recently approved the governor’s request to appoint 30 advisers in his administration’s second tenure.

The activist in a press release she issued to our correspondent decried the low political representation of women in Gombe State pointing out that in the whole state assembly, there is no single female lawmaker.

She opined that the state governor could remedy the situation by considering adequate number of women in the Executive Council as advisers and commissioners.

“The Gombe State House of Assembly last week set up standing committees and Honourable Gabriel was appointed to head the committee on women affairs. This is as a result of the fact that after the last election, unfortunately no woman was elected into the State House of Assembly making Gombe State to fall into the category of states in the country without a female representation.

“To bridge this gap, I urge the governor who has been granted approval by the State House of Assembly to appoint 30 Special Advisers to at least give 10 slots to reputable women in the state.

“I further call on the Executive Governor to double the number of women appointed as commissioners during his first tenure as this will brighten the image of his leadership style.”, she entreated.