Which voice does it really belong to?

Rivers State Deputy Governor wife, Dr. Mina Ikuru, challenged women in government at a one day workshop on ‘protocol and security.’ The challenge is a movement against hostile acts and for people co-existing peacefully. She is also urging them to rally their people together and accept government rules and agendas. The workshop was headed by the State Ministry of Women Affairs at Hotel Presidential, Port Harcourt. Ikuru says women in government have ‘responsibilities and expectations’ in a democratic administration. She says they have taken up an important and wider element that needs positive contribution by adding to the development of society. Women need to realize their importance and role in government and private sector administration. She urges education on being law abiding citizens and good behavior to aid the government in reaching goals. The goal of the workshop is to become a tool of empowerment, education, and draw attention to increasing female participation made up of female commissioner and wives of commissioners, to prevent humiliating behavior in society. As chairman of the workshop, Professor Nimi Briggs commended women in leadership positions in Nigeria for performing well and challenged the present female administration to make a difference. Pastor Nancy Nwankwo believes the workshop will reassort the female participants to strive to become role models in their mixture of enterprises.

This article makes the statement ‘behind every good man is a good woman’ very true. I feel it is past the time that women should be stepping from behind their husbands and making their ideas and voices heard. Wives of government officials obviously have as much influence if not more than their husbands which make them become a force to be reckoned with. Hopefully most will use this power to positively influence like in the article above. This makes me wonder, if these type ideas come from the wives, how much more is being broadcasted, just in a male voice?????

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