2019 elections: Ezekwesili pledges 50% appointment for women/youth

The Presidential Candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Mrs Oby Ezekwesili has promised a better deal for women and youths if elected in 2019.

Ezekwesili made the promise in an interview with newsmen shortly after canvassing for votes from market women at Afor-Ukpor market, Ukpor in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra on Sunday.

Ezekwesili said that if elected, the ACPN would ensure that 50 per cent of appointments into the cabinet were made up of women and young people. 

The presidential candidate said the party’s major campaign targets women, who she said are operating at low productivity in the economy. 

The former Minister of Education expressed confidence that INEC would conduct free and credible elections, but said the Nigerian society must compel the commission to do so. “

Ezekwesili urged President Buhari to also invite all the candidates for the elections and political parties to discuss the rule of the game in terms of how the military and the police will work during the elections