Katsina govt wants women represented in national, state assemblies

The Katsina state ministry for women affairs says it will embark on a campaign to sensitize women in the state on the need to come out en mass and contest for elective political offices in 2023.

The commissioner for women affairs, Mrs Rabiatu Muhammad-Daura, announced this in a chat with newsmen in Katsina, on Thursday.

She decried the current situation whereby the state had no female representative in either the national or state assemblies.

Muhammad-Daura assured women in the state of empowerment packages in 2021 that would assist them to be self-reliant and enhance their economic status.