Women Politicians In Nigeria

"Let’s start from somewhere; it is a process and you cannot do it all in one day."

"Restructuring is about devolution of power, fiscal and physical restructuring."

"Of course, what is worth doing is worth doing well."

"if you don’t want to be talked about, then you have to do away with success."

"We cannot use the decision of a small group of people to override the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria."

"You allow every state to control its resources, it will create a sense of competition and cure this laziness among the states."

"All we need to do is to ensure that we do all we have to do and think outside the box."

"All it requires is hard work and good people to implement the strategy."

"When a ministry is not working, it is either expanded to three departments or reduced."

"I think no one can give me a name that is not mine. It is me who will define me."

"I am not a lawyer but if keep quiet to some certain things it means that you are in agreement to all those things."

"What arises is the extent of your competence and capacity."

"You do not know the price of stability until you have been faced with either breakups or uncontrollable situations that could affect the unity of this country."

"A day begins a story"

"The legislature just like any other thing is evolving, graduating and maturing and in doing that, it is coming up with quality legislations better ways of handling issues and ensuring that there is amicable, understanding between the three tiers of government."

"When it comes to contributing towards national development, the issue should not be men or women."

". I believe that everything that happens in one’s life is for a purpose. For those of us who believe in Jesus Christ, I believe it was the way it was destined for me."

"“At this juncture, I call on women of Nigeria to support Mrs. Tinubu in the office she is today. She has shown that she can help the women of Nigeria, can support the children of Nigeria. And together we will be strong, one day, we will find amongst us, one of us that can be the leader of this country.”"

"My confidence is that he’s been somebody who has been tried and tested at some point and found diligent and also found acceptable."

"Restructuring is not a new word. We should embrace it because that is the answer to our problem of insecurity."

"These laws that we have made, all we need do is to ensure that between we the lawmakers and executive the implementers and of course, the judiciary, the interpreters to ensure that there is a harmonious relationship amongst the tripod."

"Except something is done quickly to remove the grains from the chaff, the LP would itself degenerate beyond the subsisting mercantile groupings."

"In life, you can never choose for God; you can’t say that this is what I am going to be."

"You cannot stop people from saying whatever they want to say; everybody is entitled to their own opinion."

"There is no way you can quickly say bye bye to politics, most especially if you are born into politics."

"First Female Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly delivered a bouncing baby on Saturday."

"If God says this is the place I am taking you to, people may try; people may do whatever they feel they can, if they succeed in doing anything, you cannot blame them."

"You cannot be the judge in your own case but the records are there."

"Well, National Mandate Group is all over Oyo State campaigning, canvassing for Atiku and for the PDP. So yeah, we are very busy. We are making progress."

"No, once you are in politics, you are there, you don’t quit. There is no way you can quickly say bye bye to politics, most especially if you are born into politics. It is very hard for a politician to quit politics; you will have your followers and supporters."

"I feel really good because I never thought that I will make eighty judging from all the troubles I caused in my youth. I was a fighter. Am still a fighter. But for God to keep me alive till the end, I don't know how far gone I will be, but I pray He will keep me longer."

"What God cannot do doesn’t exist."

"Someone must be bold enough to challenge the status quo."

"Life has taught me to struggle, to appreciate people not matter who they are. It doesn’t matter whether they are high up there or whether they are low down there."

"As a person, you must have dreams, and actualising these dreams means that you have to struggle."

"It is important to appreciate people for what they do and this would certainly encourage them to do much more."

"We are borrowing the Timbuktoo to describe this initiative because we are looking at Africa from the past to the future."

"As lord mayor of Leeds, I am committed to working tirelessly to ensure voices are heard from all areas of the city and every triumph is recognised and celebrated.”"

"“It was not just the city where I lived, studied and worked, it’s where I chose to raise my children and become a public servant"

"Good people of Garkida will forever remember the nice Senate. The senate are aware that on the 21st February 2020, an insurgent group attack the good people of Garkida, a peaceful town in Gombi local government area of Adamawa Central Senatorial District. The insurgents in over seven gun trucks and many motorcycles attacked the town at about 7:00pm, setting many buildings ablaze. Also aware that three soldiers are killed in the deadly attack. Properties worth millions of Naira were burnt or destroyed including public hospitals, schools, telecommunication facilities, police stations, buses, cars, food stores, private properties belonging to the good people of Garkida. Worrying that the Garkida crisis which has led to the destruction of lives and properties were planned by the insurgents to have a religious connotation considering that churches and residences of some prominent indigenes are burnt. And at aim of destroying the foundation of peaceful co-existence Garkida community and Adamawa State at large..."

"If I want God to answer me, I have to forgive and let go of so many things."

"Timbuktoo is the heartland of Civilization of Commence and Knowledge."

"In 1999, no woman contested as only two candidates, Olusegun Obasanjo of the Peoples Democratic (PDP) and Olu Falae of the Alliance for Democracy (AD), slugged it out. Mr Obasanjo emerged the winner. However, 2003 remains women’s best attempt at occupying Aso Villa. Of the 20 presidential candidates, two were women – Sarah Jubril of the Progressive Action Congress, (PAC) and Mojisola Adekunle Obasanjo of the Masses Movement of Nigeria, (MMN)."

"Daddy, that's what we all call him. We come from the Ahmed's Family of the Aguchimeachi Family... as an Ahmed was an Ahmed. Ahmed Family of the Aguchimeachi Family. I grew in and out of his house, Mummy was the eldest I was the youngest. So it's kind of a fair place that I moved in with her when she was into her business. And honestly and sincerely, daddy has always being a true brother to me. He supports that we were never ever discriminate against. He was there for us at all times..."

"We must not be taken as enemies of progress. We should be taken as friends of progress…whatever the situation, we must be seen to also have the guts and will power to see that we try and contest for such leadership elections."

"It will make our women folk proud that indeed a woman tried – a woman participated in the process of choosing leaders of both houses."

"we can take male chauvinism out of our minds, a lot of things will work out positively for women in this country."

"My name is Khadija Waziri Bukar Ibrahim, I represent Damaturu, Tarmuwa, Gujiba, Gulani federal constituency from Yobe State. Mr Speaker, honorable colleagues, this indeed is an indispensible budget. I want to first and foremost commend the enthusiam of Mr. President, for representing the renewed hope. A budget which will go further like ever before in cementing micro economic stability, reducing deficitä, increasing capital spending and allocation to reflect the eight priority areas of the administration..."

"We must ensure there is no crack where lizards and other reptiles can enter and spoil our relationship between the different factions, religions, parties and cultures and so on."

"We should not allow people to take advantage of the crack in the wall."