The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has assured Nigerians that he will initiate policies and programmes that will impact positively on the lives of youths and women when elected into office in the February 14 general elections.
The APC Presidential Campaign Organisation said this in a statement signed by its Director of Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in Abuja, on Thursday.
According to the organisation, the APC manifesto contains several innovations and legislative proposals that will promote the manpower development and social participation of women and youths in the country.
The statement partly read, “Drawing extensively from the information contained in the APC’s manifesto, a federal government under the leadership of Buhari promises to offer women and youths in Nigeria a new deal.
“We are firmly committed to the value that women are the backbone of the Nigerian society, especially in our rural communities. Therefore, issues that matter to the average Nigerian woman cut across the spectrum of policy areas, such as agriculture – where they predominate as farmers and farm labour – to health and education, where their concern for their children are paramount.
“Our policy position for woman takes into cognisance the fact that in spite of several rights outlined in the 1999 Constitution, many women do not enjoy the same freedom as men, particularly in the fields of education, economic empowerment and political participation.”
It also noted that no society could progress where half of its population suffers systemic discrimination.
“An APC government will seek to end all forms of gender discrimination in both public and private sectors, in education, employment and housing and also protect equal property and inheritance rights,” it stressed.
