MORE WOMEN MUST PARTICIPATE IN ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS — CHIGABATIA (MIRROR, PAGE 42, MAY 29, 2010)

From Benjamin Xornam Glover, Bolgatanga

The Upper East Regional Chairperson of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mrs Agnes Asangalisah Chigabatia, has reiterated the need for more women to take active part in the forth coming district level elections.
While conceding that politics was not a game for the faint-hearted, she suggested that it was about time women developed interest, particularly, at the grassroots level where their impact would be well felt, adding that if more women showed interest and participated in the decision making process in their communities, there would be peace.
“By our nature, women have that motherly love and care and this will be translated into taking issues in the community”, she said.
The Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Builsa North and Deputy Upper East Regional Minister, expressed concern about the failure of women in the country to actively vie for political office and stressed that if women really wanted to take part in the decision making process of the country, they should take such bold challenges by competing with men in all aspects of governance.
The former lawmaker, who was a recipient of an international award, made these comments during an interview in Bolgatanga.
The “Great African Patriotic Achiever for 2009 Award” was presented to her at a ceremony held at the Holiday Inn, London, in recognition of her humanitarian activities and contribution to the building of her country and Africa as a whole.