Former Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has described women as more reliable pillars of support in politics than their male counterparts.
He made the observation on Wednesday when some national executive officers and members of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, paid him a courtesy visit at his Hilltop residence in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
The NAWOJ officials presented him a Father of the Nation Award during the visit.
He, however, lamented that women were not often given the opportunity to exhibit their potential because of cultural and religious limitations.
Obasanjo said the task of building a nation could not be achieved only by men.
According to him, politics must be played with decency, dignity and honour that women are known for.
He said, “One of the best journalists that ever served me was a woman, and that was the late Mrs Oluremi Oyo.
“In politics,women are more reliable than men. When a woman says she’s with you, you can really take that she is with you.
“But if a man tells you he is with you and you catch him in another meeting, he will tell you it is politics. It should not be so.
“When a politician’s words cannot be believed, then you are turning politics into another thing. A politician must be a man or woman of honour that believes in morality”.
The National President, NAWOJ, Mrs Ifeyinwa Omowole, speaking earlier, said the visit was in recognition of the former president’s belief in the unity of Nigeria.
She also said NAWOJ is planning to have a unity conference in 2015 and would like to have Mr. Obasanjo as the Chief Host.
I think Mr president is right because women are better in politics…what a man can do a woman can do better
We know the man who all that description fits!