The Zonal Women Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and elected female national officers of the party have passed a vote of no confidence on the leadership of the National Women Leader of the party, Dr. Betta Edu.
The APC women in a letter dated July 14, 2023 and addressed to President Bola Tinubu, said they rejected her leadership in strong terms because she has failed in managing the affairs of the women in the party.
The letter was signed by APC Deputy National Treasurer, Omorede Osifo; APC National Ex-Officio South-west, Hon. Olubunmi Oroniowow; APC National Ex-Officio, North-central, Hon. Oluwatoyi Opawoye; APC Zonal Women Leader, North-central, Zahra Audi; APC Zonal Women leader South-east, Mimi Diyiokeh; APC Zonal Women leader, South-west, Yetunde Adesanya; APC Zonal Women leader North-east, Zainab Alman; APC Zonal Women leader, South-south, Cynthia Princewill; and APC Zonal Women leader, North-west, Hadiza Shagari.
In the letter the women leaders said: “Without deviating from the essence of this subject, it is very pertinent we express our total displeasure and concern over the misrepresentation and self-aggrandisement of the National Woman leader, Dr. Beta Edu visit to the Presidential Villa on the 13th of July,2023.
“We wish to state categorically and in strong terms that her visit to the Presidential Villa was a mis-representation as she in no way represents the elected national women officials and zonal women leaders of the party as against the news making the rounds.
“We were totally unaware of her presidential visit and no due information nor notification were given to us about the Women she claimed to represent during her visit.”
The APC women stated that it was disheartening that Edu could label her visit to Mr. President to be the representation of National Stakeholders and Zonal Women leaders even without them knowing and not in attendance during the visit.
The APC women said it was worrisome that at this infancy stage of the administration of Tinubu which needs all hands to be on deck that the women leadership of the party was already experiencing division and seclusion in representation which has been the pattern of the National Woman Leader since her emergence.
They added: “It is in strong terms that we reject her leadership because she has failed in managing the affairs of the women in the party.”
The APC women pointed out that throughout the electioneering, Edu worked in isolation without a synergy with her colleagues’ national women officials of the party and the zonal women leaders.
They noted that they individually devised means and strategies to galvanise and mobilise support for the party in their various states and travelled to almost all the states campaigning with the president with their personal funds and resources because they were highly committed to the Renewed Hope project.
They stated: “We want Mr. President to know that most women paraded by Dr. Betta Edu were mostly fake. Authentic and democratically elected national officers who are even National Executive Council members, all zonal women leaders, the three women senators and fifteen female House of Representatives’ members and a host of other relevant women leaders and stakeholders were replaced by fake women in the visit to the President.
“We hereby reject the leadership of Dr Betta Edu and unanimously pass a vote of no confidence on her and whatever she represents.”
Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja
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