Liberia's Sirleaf Johnson comes to mind each time the issue of a female president is broached in Africa. We may also hasten to add Caterine Samba Panza,another female president,who now heads the national government in the Central Africa Republic . Regardless of the circumstances that brought them to power,it is worthy of affirmation that African women have a place in leadership . And we must be ready to admit that inclusive development is meaningless without the promotion of gender equality,based on participatory democracy. But does this make sense when one thinks about the tendency of the women folk to refrain from politics today in Nigeria?
To answer this question,recourse must first be made to history in order to show that women's participation in politics is neither a strange nor a bad idea in Nigeria.

The great emancipator Funmilayo Ransom Kuti won for the Nigerian women the right to vote during elections,adding their voice to the agitation for independence in the 40s. In point of fact,she was the central figure to whom credit was given for the shift in the political consciousness of women throughout the country.. Similarly,if more of us are fascinated by the political exploits of Madam Kuti,then the story of Hajia Gambo Sawaba will whet our apetite for more details. In addition to being an activist for the women's cause,Hajia Gambo was a politician and supporter of the defunct NEPU,a position that earned her a deep-seated hatred from both the colonial authorities and the traditional rulers. Her biography unveils the fact of political brutality and assaults to which she was a victim in the arena of politics. Although,neither of them had the opportunity to govern this country,they left an indelible footprint on the sand of time.

The question of whether Nigeria will be the next country to elect a woman president is the recognition of the constitutional right of a sane and qualified woman to become our president. But do we see it happening some years from now,or even in the 2019 presidential race?

Being the topic for intellectual discourse at the Creative Writers' Club Weekly workshop (Ahmadu Bello University).
26/7/2015.

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yes,future impossible tense.

Anything is possible. If a black man can be US president then woman can as well voted in here in Nigeria.

IMPOSSIBLE, how about dat for a response?

Well, I would have thought they first argue/discuss on if a woman governor can emerge in nigeria in the nearest future

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Which woman that one go come be nah? Aunty Dora is no more, abi nah d likes of NOI, Deziani, Oduah or Remi Saraki him dey talk about ni?
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Patience Jonathan will be a good candidate.

WTF is saying impossible? Wait till i start campaigning.