President Muhammadu Buhari has promised that his administration will continue to guarantee the economic rights of women.
He said he would achieve this by increasing budgetary allocation to projects by Federal Government ministries, agencies and departments specifically targeted at improving the lives of women.
It will be recalled that the Chairman, Senate Committee on Women Affairs, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, had last week faulted the N4bn allocation to the Ministry of Women Affairs in the 2016 budget.
Tinubu, who made the observation while contributing to the debate on the 2016 Appropriation Bill, asked relevant committees to ensure the vote of the ministry was reconsidered.
She decried a situation where Nigerian women would be used by politicians to campaign and win elections and thereafter be dumped, adding that the change promised by the present administration must be for all strata of the society.
But according to a statement on Sunday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President had while speaking at the 26th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union on Saturday night in Addis Ababa, said the Federal Government under his watch has demonstrated its commitment to the rights of women.
This, he said, was evident in his administration’s appointment of women of proven integrity to key positions within the cabinet.
The President said, “We have increased the budgetary allocation of ministries that have direct bearing on the lives of women particularly health and education, with greater emphasis on girl-child education.
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