*promises to do more for their socio-economic progress
By; PATRICK TITUS, Uyo
As women in Nigeria joined their counterparts over the world to celebrate the International Women’s Day, a Governorship hopeful in Akwa Ibom State, Senator Bassey Albert Akpan has lauded them for their resilience in the face social odds.
Senator Akpan, who is representing Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial District in the Senate, Abuja, stated in his goodwill message to mark the International Women’s Day, noted that for a faster societal growth, the women cannot be ignored.
“The invaluable contributions of our women must be duly acknowledged, documented and appreciated. We cannot make speedy progress as a nation, unless aspects of the women’s role in national building are consciously incorporated into our national psych”, he said.
Akpan added that, “Some of our women are as intellectually strong, socially resilient and economically relevant as some men. Therefore, for a better tomorrow, the women
The Senator who is Chairman of Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) explained that his belief in the potential of women, over the years, informed his various programmes targeted at improving their skills towards greater national advantage.
“In the past few years, we have done our best to empower our women through human capital development programmes like skills acquisition as well as start-ups for small scale businesses. I intend to do more as we move our partnership a step further. To this end, I urge all our women delegates to take their destinies in their hands by voting for me in the upcoming party primary”.
Senator Akpan who is popularly call (OBA) in the state, promised to continue to empower the women as well as promote their social and economic standing in the society, in the years ahead.
OBA further called for more sensitisation towards effective education and proper training of women in vocational and ICT skills.
This year’s International Women’s Day celebration, marked every March 8, centres on “gender equality for sustainable tomorrow”
