Nigeria ripe for woman president, says PRP aspirant

A member of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP), Dr Helen Solomon, has joined the growing list of presidential aspirants ahead of next year’s general elections. She said the time has come for the country to give women a chance to take a shot at the presidency.

Solomon, who spoke in Lagos while declaring her intention to vie for the highest office, said women have the all it takes to steer the ship of the state.

She cited post-war Liberia that was stabilised by Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a female politician who served as its 24th president between 2006 and 2018. Sirleaf was the first elected female Head of State in Africa.

The aspirant said if given the chance, she would fix the power sector, which appeared to have defied  logical solutions. She said a combination of both conventional and unconventional methods, including the use of alternatives wind and solar, would be explored.

Solomon said she was saddened at the gory images of Nigerian youths who perish in the Mediterranean sea in their quest for good life. She said it was not acceptable because the country is richly blessed by the Almighty God. What is required, she added, is the human element to judiciously manage the resources.

She promised to stem the tide of rural-urban migration, saying because the attractions in the city would be made available to the rural dwellers.

The health and education sectors, she promised, would also receive priority to address the high rate of infant mortality and put an end to the era unemployable graduates.

Solomon lamented the loss of foreign exchange to medical tourism. She said she would provide the requisite infrastructure to complement the vast array of skilled manpower available in the country to change the narrative.

On security, Solomon promised to ensure that the nation’s land borders are not porous. She promised to deploy technology to complement the manpower at the borders, to curtail the activities of terrorists that slaughter innocent Nigerians daily across the country.

She lamented that absence of social security system in the country, describing as unacceptable the practice whereby senior citizens practically turn beggars in their old age, due to irregular and poor payment of their pension.

She said a PRP-led government under her presidency will make adequate provision for social security for the aged, the poor and vulnerable members of the society.

 

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