A group calling itself Women Achievers Network has urged President Nana Akufo Addo to consider appointing more women in his administration.
President of the group, Hetty Addae opines that the low representation of women in government remains one of the most obvious obstacles preventing women from achieving gender equality in Ghana.
Governments gave failed to appoint more women to serve in various positions.
Speaking to Citi News, Mrs. Hetty Addae, said women if given the opportunity to serve government will be more effective at building consensus.
“Women can do so much, women can do a lot, women are experienced women are empowered, women are people who are managers when you give them a position they are able to do it and do it better beyond expectation. It is a good thing Nana Addo has done, and I urge him to appoint more women in to leadership position in his administration. I know that with more women in his administration a lot of things are going to change because without women things cannot be done properly,” she said.
Nana Addo must involve more women – WILDAF
Their plea comes days after Women in Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF), a non-governmental organization (NGO), also called on President Akufo-Addo to involve more women in his government as promised in the party’s 2016 manifesto.
Out of the 36 ministerial appointments currently made by the President, only 9 women have been given positions in the new administration, a situation WILDAF considers unacceptable.
Speaking to Citi News, Board Member of WILDAF, Magdalene Kannae, asked President Nana Addo to deliver on his promise to ensure 30 percent of his appointees are women.
“Only 9 women have been nominated to occupy ministerial positions out of a total of 36 which represents just 25 percent. This falls short of the international, regional and national standards as well as the New Patriotic Party’s own provision of minimum threshold of 30 percent women’s representation in its 2016 manifesto.”
“The available data indicates that, Ghana has not achieved beyond 23.4 percent of women’s representation in all public and political appointments since independence. If the current trend of appointment continues, Ghana is not likely to achieve even the minimum threshold of women’s representation in the next 50 years. The NPP government should fulfill its social development agenda provision in their 2016 manifesto of having at least 30 percent women in public office.”
–
By:Kojo Agyeman/ citifmonline.com/Ghana