Edo State IPAC Women Coordinators Inaugurated in Benin City

BENIN CITY -The Executive Director, Directorate of Women Affairs, Inter-Party Advisory  Council, IPAC , Hon Zainab Ibrahim has urged women to light a flame of possibility, one that will open doors, elevate voices and shape a brighter future for women across the nation 

‎Hon Zainab Ibrahim gave the advice in her goodwill message at the official inauguration of  State Executive Coordinator and Local Government Coordinators of the Edo State Inter-Party Advisory Council ( IPAC) , Directorate of Women Affairs 

‎ The event with the theme, Building a Formidable Structure for Women's Inclusion in Governance was held in Benin with stakeholders from different political parties across the state in attendance 

‎While celebrating with the women, she urged them to continue to inspire, unite and make their impact to continue to grow,  as this is only the beginning of greater things ahead 

‎In a opening address the South South Zonal Coordinator, Rev  Hon Tammy Clarizza Abusi, said it is not only inauguration of executives that is taking place but that they are institutionalizing a movement, adding that the  creation of women directorate in 2023 was a bold statement by IPAC leadership that inclusive democracy cannot be achieved when 50 percent of the population are excluded 

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She subsequently said that the directorate is the melting pot for all women in all the registered political parties, adding that they want to prove that while  they may contest on different platforms,  they share a common destiny.

She further noted that they are moving from advocacy to contest, train, mentor and mobilize the women to pick party tickets and win elections 

‎The South South Zonal Coordinator then urged the newly  inaugurated executives and coordinators to mobilize, educate, empower as well as go to every creek, farms,  markets to let every woman know that the era of tokenism is over 

‎In a brief remark at the occasion, the ADC women leader in Edo State, Hon Stella Alli    and the Labour Party Acting State Secretary , Comrade Gold Emeka said gone are the days of mobilizing women and they are given a token , adding that if they continue to do that things will not go well in the nation but that they should come out to take their rightful place for the nation to be great 

‎They noted that women are the bedrock of the society, they should do away with complex and not be relegated  anywhere they find themselves, but they should take the front burner for the nation to move to a greater height 

‎The highpoint was the official inauguration of the state executive committee headed by Blessing Legemah Osagioduwa as the State Coordinator, IPAC Directorate of Women Affairs, Edo State 

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