4 key promises Buhari made to Nigerian women today

by Kolapo 

Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, among other things promised to end discrimination against women in all sectors in the county, if he is elected in the March 28 election.

According to Buhari, Nigeria women would enjoy equality and equity, especially in employment, education, housing and entrepreneurship.

Buhari made the promises on Thursday, March 19, at a Town Hall meeting with Nigerian women in Lagos.

Below are 4 key pledges the former Head of state made:

 

1. “My administration will have zero tolerance for violence against women and girls. “We will provide women with greater legal protection from all forms of violence and sexual harassment and there will be commitment to the implementation of all existing legislation on violence against women.”

 

2. “We will include gender as a component of the federal character and we will make a concerted effort to empower women in rural areas, who constitute the majority of Nigerian women”

 

3. “Ours, will be an administration that firmly believes that women hold up half the sky, my vision is for my daughters and your daughters to enjoy a world in which discrimination will be a thing of the distant past.”

 

4. “It might be a long journey, but with your support and votes, we will be on the right path together. “Nigerian women have been promised so much for so long. I stand before you now to make a solemn promise that I will not take your votes for granted.”

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