Victoria Praise Abraham, a media expert and motivational speaker spoke with KEHINDE OLATUNJI, on the role of women in politics and why they should be given more recognition in the next administration.

Women are marginalised in politics, what role do you think they can play towards the 2023 election?
It is sad that women make up a large part of the Nigerian population and yet have little or no political relevance in our body polity and this goes way back to the time of our independence, 62 years ago.

This is a huge problem that cannot be solved in one day. Women are in all spheres of our lives as teachers, doctors, musicians, entrepreneurs, business, educators, technology innovators, journalists and so on.

They fare well in all the fields they find themselves in, even sometimes than our male counterparts because of their many-faceted skills that are nurtured via mothering at the home front.

Unfortunately, when it comes to politics, women are pushed to the background and are only used to win votes and then cast aside when it comes to the spoils of politics. They are used and dumped until the next election cycle.