2015: PDP women declare support for Jonathan, plan to mobilize five million youths

The female members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday openly campaigned for President Goodluck Jonathan ahead of the 2015 presidential election.
The women, drawn from the 36 states of the federation, were in Abuja for the launch of the PDP Women-in-Power 2013 calendar.
They however turned the event to a campaign ground ahead of the 2015 elections.
Ambassador Kema Chikwe, the PDP National Woman Leader, in her remarks, was delighted that President Jonathan’s government has increased the slot for women for public offices to 35 per cent and thus laid a solid foundation for advancement of women.
Chikwe said: “We are even confident that when President Goodluck Jonathan returns in 2015, women would be talking of about 50 per cent, no longer 35 per cent.
“As we give unequivocal, undiluted, unreserved and unlimited support and as we march with him to 2015, PDP women will reach the Promised Land.
“The most remarkable victory for us PDP women in particular and all women in general is not that Mr. President has appointed women to the most challenging ministries, that is, ministry of Education, Petroleum, Finance, Water Resources, Environment, Defense.
“It is not only that.
“He has appointed a woman as the co-ordinating Minister of the economy.
“He has virtually dedicated the 2013 budget to women.
“Mr. President’s dedication of 35 per cent of all construction contracts to women is really mind blowing to say the least.
“President Jonathan’s benevolence to the women is unbelievable.”
The women wing, Chikwe said, has initiated a programme called the PDP E-Women Network to mobilize apolitical women and female students between the ages of 18 and 45 to support the PDP administration.
She spoke further: “The PDP E-Women Network is a cyber driven platform geared towards the mobilization of professional social media savvy young women to get involved in politics.
“Already, about 25,000 e-women have been mobilized.
“The target is to mobilize five million professional women by 2015.”
Present at the event were the first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan; wife of Vice President Namadi Sambo; Hajia Maina Sambo; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Pius Anyim, who stood in for President Jonathan; the Senate President, David Mark, represented by Senator Helen Esuene; while Speaker Aminu Tambuwal was represented by Hon. Munirat Akande.