Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, wife of the Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has charged women of voting age to turn out in numbers to vote her husband.
Mrs Sanwo-Olu made the call on Thursday at the Ikoyi campaign office of her husband during a meeting with groups of women led by female local council development areas chairmen and women group within the Babajide Sanwo-Olu Independent Campaign Group.
She said it was high time women in the state got more organised and united in politics, adding that politics and governance is about participation not about women making demands without engaging the system.
“The place of our mothers and sisters can never be overestimated. We have the numbers, the passion and the ideas to make Lagos even greater than our leaders have done. What we need is to become more united and focused.
“This way, we will get more women in elective offices. I look forward to the day we would produce the first female Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly or even the Executive Governor of the State. It is possible. We can make this happen.
“As we move ahead in this campaign, I urge you all to carry our message to every ward and unit in Lagos for our women, in particular, to come out and vote for APC, the party where my husband and Dr. (Femi) Hamzat are the candidates for the governorship election.
“Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat are committed to work for a greater Lagos. They have the plans and they have the competence to deliver. Lagos women must come out and vote for APC,” she said.
