The Women Leader of the Lagos State
chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Jumoke Okoya-Thomas has
declared that the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the party's governorship candidate in Lagos, Jimi
Agbaje have been rejected by women in the state.
Speaking to newsmen on the backdrop
of the 2019 General Elections on Tuesday, Okoya-Thomas added that she would not
relent in her efforts of mobilising the women in the state to support the
Presidential candidate of the APC, President Muhammadu Buhari and its
governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwoolu.
Okoya-Thomas, who was a member of
the Federal House of Representatives for three consecutive terms, told the
journalists that all hands were on deck in Lagos to ensure victory for the APC
in the elections.
According to her, the women in the
party and the generality of the women in the state are prepared to cast their
votes for the APC in the forthcoming general elections.
"We the women in Lagos State
are fully prepared for the 2019 general elections. I can assure you that I have
been mobilising the women with my team to ensure victory for the APC across
board in the elections.
"Nigerians have realised that
the APC has all it takes to move the country and the state forward more than it
has done in the past.
"Our women are fully ready for
the elections and I can tell you that no stone would be left unturned to ensure
victory for the APC both at the federal level and in the state in the
forthcoming general elections," she said.
Okoya-Thomas emphasized that the APC
had laudable programmes for market women, professionals, artisans, civil
servants, housewives, widows, young women and others, adding that the party
would not disappoint on it's "Next Level agenda.
The Women Leader stressed that the
party had been demonstrating its love for the women with its "Trader
Mini" Project, which she said is being applauded locally and
internationally, and that the best was yet to come for the womenfolk under the
APC.
She further said that the party
would continue to give the women more representation in the government both at
the state and at the federal levels, and that she would work with the state
government, under the leadership of Mr. Babajide Sanwoolu, to promote the cause
of the women and ensure gender equality in all ramifications.
Okoya-Thomas, who commended
President Buhari for his concern for the women, revealed that the party has
agreed to give the women all the necessary support and protect them against all
forms of all violence.
She then used the opportunity to
urge the women and all Nigerians to collect their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs)
and cast their votes enmasse for the APC.
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