The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced free nomination forms for female aspirants ahead of the 2023 general election.
This was disclosed by the National Women Leader of the party, Ms Betty Edu on Thursday during a press conference held at the party’s national secretariat, Abuja.
She said the decision was part of effort to end the marginalization of women in politics and to encourage them into politics.
She said, “We are the largest party in Africa and we want to make a strong statement that we stand by inclusion, mainstreaming for women. The party has gone ahead to approve that women will be running with a free nomination form.
“They have thrown the ball into our court. Before now we have women saying we cannot afford nomination forms. We have been given the greatest chance to emerge the winner of an election because we will be running on a ticket of the ruling party. Not just a ruling party, a party that has performed, a party that has provided welfare for Nigeria, a party that is ready to mainstream women.”
According to Edu, what the party is offering women is more than the 35 percent affirmative action.
