Why we want to become Nigeria's president - 6 female presidential aspirants

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- Some female presidential aspirants have revealed why they will be contesting against President Muhammadu Buhari

- The aspirants said it is important that the electorates look the way of women to bring forth desired change in Nigeria

- According to them, Nigeria is long overdue for a female president

Six female presidential aspirants have given reasons for the ammbition to occupy Nigeria's highest seat of power.

The women - Professor Olufunmilayo Adesanya-Davis, Dr Oluremi Comfort Sonaiya, Dr Elishama Rosemary Ideh, Adeline Iwuagwu-Emihe, Eunice Atuejide, and Princess Oyenike Roberts - said the electorates must look the way of women to bring forth desired change in Nigeria.

Vanguard reports that the female presidential hopefuls represent 10 percent of the 60 contenders for the seat current;y occupied by President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The women said for the good of the country, the electorate must elect a woman in 2019.

One of the female aspirants, Ideh, who is aspiring on the platform of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) said she was certain she would defeat President Buhari and other presidential contestant in 2019.

While declaring her ambition to run for presidency, Ideh said she would implement workable solutions to address the myriad of problems confronting Nigeria once she becomes the president.

Ideh said: “We will confront the monster of corruption with utmost vigour, but with a different mindset from past and current efforts. We will fight corruption in all its tangible and intangible manifestations."

We will strive to enhance the independence and autonomy of the EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) in terms of its funding, privileges, powers and even the composition of its leadership.

“Unlike our opposition, who seeks to use the EFCC as an attack dog to fight their opposition while shielding their friends from the consequences of corruption and other misdemanours, we are confident in giving the EFCC the latitude it needs to carry out its statutory mandate and to prosecute cases without bias or prejudice, simply because we have nothing to hide.

Nigeria needs a leader who combines integrity with intelligence and a deep and vast understanding of the implications of the 21st global economy and Nigeria’s place in it," Ideh said.

Also speaking, another aspirant Adeline Iwuagwu-Emihe, an American-trained political administrator, promised to “vigorously” pursue a 10-point transformational and developmental agenda which she recently released if elected.

Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that a former vice president Atiku Abubakar shed tears over state of the nation after he received the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential nomination form.

The former was bought from Atiku by one of his support group.

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Atiku in an emotional speech noted that he has not received this much love from the people since three decades he has been in politics.

Support groups of the former vice president had purchased and presented the nomination and expression of interest forms to Atiku, urging him to contest for presidency in the 2019 election.

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