Former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has saidthat if elected as Nigerian President, he will split the cabinet into two equalparts consisting of male and female ministers. Amaechi, who spoke at an event in Port Harcourt earlier thisweek, said there would be 21 female and 21 male ministers. According to him, the idea is to prove to the world thatgood performance is not determined by one’s gender. He further stated that youths will have the larger share ofhis appointments. Amaechi said, “Let me tell you what I’m going to do if Ibecome the president of Nigeria, and I’m going to contest. “I will split the cabinet into two equal parts; there willbe 21 male and 21 female ministers. I just want to prove to the world thatgender is not the basis for action. There is going to be competition; let’s seewho is going to perform better, and I will tell Nigerians, look at theperformance of both A and B. “In that appointment, 10 or 11 of the 21 ministers will goto the youths; the remaining will go to any woman at the age of 40, 50, or 60.The same will apply to the male.” The former governor is aspiring to contest the election viathe African Democratic Congress, ADC.
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