The National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) has accused major political parties in the country of being unfair to womenfolk in the just concluded primary elections preparatory to 2019 general elections.
Mrs Gloria Shoda, the president of the council, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday that the actions of political parties in the primaries discouraged women from participating further in the electoral process.
“We assembled all women aspirants and party leaders in a summit where we discussed and they agreed to give the women a soft landing.
Shoda said that it was worrisome that the APC had no concession for women, asking: “How do they expect women to feel?
“We hear that the PDP had some concession for women. Women were only asked to pay expression of interest form which was reasonable because women are not moneybags.
“Some political parties did not even collect money at all from women to encourage them to participate in the electoral process.
Mrs Gloria Shoda also said ” I don’t see how a woman will be able to get N12 million not to talk of N45 million for nomination form for presidency in the case of the People’s Democratic Parties (PDP) and All Progressives Alliance (APC), respectively” She then said “Some political parties did not even collect money at all from women to encourage them to participate in the electoral process”.
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