Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has reacted to the victory the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Aisha Dahiru, popularly known as Binani, at the Adamawa State Governorship election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Resident Electoral Commissioner of Adamawa, Prof Hudu Yunus Ari declared Aisha Dahiru winner of the state governorship election midway into the collation.
Reacting via his Twitter page, Keyamo described Aisha’s victory as a glass-shattering watershed for Nigerian women.
Hw wrote, “Just woke up in the US to this wonderful news. I am screaming my head off here! This is such a glass-shattering watershed for the women of Nigeria! Huge congratulations to my sister, Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed (Binani). At a point in the struggle we were speaking like a dozen times a day on phone! Special thanks to all those who worked so hard for this; special thanks to the good people of Adamawa State for smashing this hoodoo of gender bias; special thanks to the APC for making this possible; special thanks to President Muhammadu Buhari for providing such sterling leadership; special thanks to Nigerians for your support and prayers! Now, for the women of Nigeria, please go ye forth and conquer!”
With the INEC pronouncement, Aisha Binani has become the first female elected governor in Nigeria.
Virginia Ngozi Etiaba of Anambra was the first woman to serve as governor of a Nigerian state in 2006, but she wasn’t elected.
She was instated after Governor, Peter Obi, was impeached by the state legislature for alleged gross misconduct.
