Josephine Anenih

Iyom Josephine Anenih (born 6 July 1948) was appointed Nigerian minister of Women Affairs on 6 April 2010, when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan announced his new cabinet.

Quotes

• We are the jinx breakers; we are the solution to the nation’s problem. We women in Nigeria, we should not take no for an answer. This is the time we must get up, we must rise up, we must take our rightful position in the scheme of things in the economy of Nigeria. Women, we are very moderate, we see far ahead, what men don’t see, we see.
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• Women should take over this country, for this country to get out of the woods, for this country to be redeemed, for this country to become what it ought to be, it must be governed, it must be ruled, it must be led by women at every level because the women know how to do it. We are born nurturers, we are born managers, we are born strategists, we are born organizers. It is in our DNA, look at every institution you know where a woman is at the helm of affairs, compare it with a period when it was manned by a man and you will get the answer. The woman’s period is always better, it is always more progressive.
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• The election period is over; it is time for governance and we have to allow the captain of the ship to steer the ship of government the way that he considers most appropriate in the interest of the nation and its people.
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• Women bring peace to every situation.
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• If I had a choice, I would have recommended that the whole cabinet be filled with women for reasons that are clear to all. There are women with the capacity and temperance for leadership.
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