2019: Woman Leader Mobilises Women Folk Towards Active Political Participation

WDRRI Coordinator,  Mrs Odimba

Ahead of 2019 General Election, Women Dignity Restoration and Relief Initiative (WDRRI), a non governmental organization (NGO) is poised to mobilise women towards active participation in politics to ensure emergence of credible leaders nationwide.

The National Coordinator of WDRRI,
Mrs Anderline Odimba, challenged women to desist from playing secondary roles and ensure their full involvement in politics as they are most affected by bad governance.

The Prominent woman Leader, who hails from Ihiala local government area, gave the charge in Awka, Anambra state, while speaking to Journalists ahead of the inauguration of the NGO in  Ihiala, on Saturday.

She noted that women more than their male counterparts bear the brunt of bad leadership and ” as such, should play more active role in ensuring that good governance is enthroned at all levels of governance in the country.

Her words: “Women should reject the compensatory roles being offered to them  and come from their comfort zones in order to use their numbers to effect the emergence of accountable leadership in the country.

“Women, most of the times bear the burden of bad leadership when salaries and pensions are not paid, roads are not rehabilitated and hospitals are not properly equipped and functional and when crimes and other criminalities are on the rise in the society”.

Odimba therefore charged Nigerian women to rise and break the glass ceilings and take their rightful place in the nation’s quest for accountable and more responsive leadership.

She described the WDRRI as a vehicle put in place to mobilize women across the country so that they can take more than a passing interest in the enthronement of good governance in the country.

According to her, beyond political mobilisation, WDRRI, also provides support to widows, orphans and destitutes as well as empowerment of women through skills acquisition

She said WDRRI which is fully registered with the relevant government agencies just as it has branches in 29 states of the federation.

Odimba stated that the inauguration which will be witnessed by prominent personalities from across religious and political divide will also feature the empowerment of women and other disadvantaged members of the public.