"By now, we should have had a female governor in Nigeria" Actress, Joke Silva reveals
Popular Nigerian actress Joke Silva has revealed that there should have been a female governor in Nigeria. She Is of the opinion that a woman needs to be in the position of the governor. Joke Silva is a well-known Veteran Nollywood actress. She addressed the issue of women from leadership positions in Nigeria, especially in the political sector. According to her, women were at the forefront of leadership in pre-independent Nigeria but they have lost the grip of it most times.
She shared that Nigeria has lost grip on leadership recently. She revealed that as of today, Nigeria should have had at least a democratically elected female Governor.
Joke Silva is a famous Nigerian actress who has acted in movies like Drawing strength and many others. She is married to Olu Jacobs. She disclosed that there are so many male senators while that of females is very scarce.
The only woman who served as governor of Anambra state is Virginia Ngozi Etiaba, and served as governor of Anambra State in 2006. She was not elected into office. In this period she took over from the governor who had been impeached at the time. She revealed all these while Speaking in a recent interview with TVC.
In her words “In the area of leadership, especially political leadership, women have regressed. I mean, we had some really powerful women. You mentioned Fumilayo Kuti earlier. All these powerful women. There were so many of them spread around the nation. So, you expect them to grow in numbers by now. At least by now, we should have had a female governor. Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu for one, in contemporary Nigerian politics, is probably the most experienced female politician. She was just in the Senate for a long time and now she is the First Lady. But the thing is this: how many others? But we have so many male senators. It goes back to what late Chief MKO Abiola used to say: ‘A nation clapping with one hand.’ How do you clap? How is it heard?”
Popular Nigerian actress Joke Silva has revealed that there should have been a female governor in Nigeria. She Is of the opinion that a woman needs to be in the position of the governor. Joke Silva is a well-known Veteran Nollywood actress. She addressed the issue of women from leadership positions in Nigeria, especially in the political sector. According to her, women were at the forefront of leadership in pre-independent Nigeria but they have lost the grip of it most times.
She shared that Nigeria has lost grip on leadership recently. She revealed that as of today, Nigeria should have had at least a democratically elected female Governor.
Joke Silva is a famous Nigerian actress who has acted in movies like Drawing strength and many others. She is married to Olu Jacobs. She disclosed that there are so many male senators while that of females is very scarce.
The only woman who served as governor of Anambra state is Virginia Ngozi Etiaba, and served as governor of Anambra State in 2006. She was not elected into office. In this period she took over from the governor who had been impeached at the time. She revealed all these while Speaking in a recent interview with TVC.
In her words “In the area of leadership, especially political leadership, women have regressed. I mean, we had some really powerful women. You mentioned Fumilayo Kuti earlier. All these powerful women. There were so many of them spread around the nation. So, you expect them to grow in numbers by now. At least by now, we should have had a female governor. Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu for one, in contemporary Nigerian politics, is probably the most experienced female politician. She was just in the Senate for a long time and now she is the First Lady. But the thing is this: how many others? But we have so many male senators. It goes back to what late Chief MKO Abiola used to say: ‘A nation clapping with one hand.’ How do you clap? How is it heard?”
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