Buhari feels threatened after National Council for Women Societies attack his record during recent visit

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that the National Council for Women Societies (NCWS) came to threaten him over the limited number of female appointments into his cabinet.

Yesterday, NCWS leaders met with the president at State House in Abuja to express their concern about the limited number of women the president has appointed. Apparently jolted by their remarks, President Buhari, assured the women leaders that his administration would address the deficit in appointments by appointing more females into his cabinet.

President Buhari said: “I have appreciated the subtle and timely threat you have made. I said timely because you waited until campaigns are about to start and you mobilised yourselves to come and threaten.

“I hope you are being very fair to me but I will leave you to the public to judge. You said I haven’t replaced the casualties from my council about the ladies but I’m sure you are following up finance and women affairs.

“One applied to leave because I think she wants to be the governor of the state and one failed to meet the government requirement of declaring NYSC certificate. I replaced them with other ladies, so, I don’t know where I went wrong there"

He added, however, that he would take a closer look at the deficit in women appointments and appoint a few more female advisers and ministers. On the rate of sexual violence and abuse in the society, particularly at  internally displaced persons’ camps (IDPs), the president said he had already directed the security agencies to immediately address the problem.

“I have taken note of the observations you made on the abuse of women in the IDPs camps.  I’m encouraging the police to be much more efficient and I think something is being done about it," President Buhari said.