Women Are More Intelligent Than Men - Rotimi Amaechi Says

 

The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, has said that women have proven to be more intelligent than men. According to a statement by the Special Assistant to Amaechi on Media, Taiye Elebiyo-Edeni, the Minister expressed this position at the second edition of the Association of Nigerian Women Business Network (ANWBN), where he was the guest speaker in Abuja. He said that women were capable of holding positions of authority in the society other than the mere 35 per cent affirmative action policy.

The National Gender Policy (NGP) has formulated a 35 per cent Affirmative Action (AA) in Nigeria since 2006. The policy demands that women should constitute 35 per cent of those involved in all governance processes. Amaechi urged women to start applying for positions based on merit and performance, and not because of gender.

He said that women should see inclusiveness in governance as a right, mentioning that girls in all spheres of existence need to be carried alongside. “I do now not support male domination, neither do I assist female domination. I believe that each one of you seated here are certified to rule this country, I don’t consider that a specific seat need to be set aside for a girl, cause is that, girls are by using some distance more wise than guys.

"The Deputy Secretary- General of the United Nations, Amina Muhammed changed into decided on not because she turned into a girl however because she executed excellently nicely in her preceding function.

“When ‘I am invited to a feature and women are accumulated dancing, I simply wonder why girls ought to be dancing at a feature; girls should be taking greater extreme ly than dancing at a function. “When you get to the table, assert your authority as any person who is extremely good, who's clever to get what others are becoming.

“Don’t tell me you are on the table and need to receive a function due to the fact you're a female, don’t ask that any seat must be set aside for you, ask on your proper, it's far your right. Women in politics live for meetings until 2am. So in case your husband permit you to be part of politics, he should be ready to assist you,” he stated. Amaechi said that women have to come collectively to aid and elevate each other, now not bringing themselves down due to the fact they are the cause some guys do not provide women appointments. He said that each one the ladies he ever gave appointments deserved it on advantage no longer due to the fact they were girls. “Any girl I have ever given appointment merited it, however you also are a trouble unto yourselves. If appointment is given to a female, a fellow woman will begin saying the person is dating the girl and that she did not get the appointment because she merited it, that is one of the reasons I stopped.”