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Franklin Cudjoe, founding president and CEO of the policy think tank, IMANI Africa, believes that women seeking to succeed their late husbands in political positions should be encouraged.
In the last four years, around three members of Parliament or candidates for parliament who have passed away have been replaced by their wives.
The most recent was seen in the Mfantseman constituency where Ms Ophelia Hayford was selected to represent the New Patriotic Party as its parliamentary candidate in the upcoming elections after incumbent MP Ekow Hayford was horribly murdered by assailants. unknown men believed to be armed robbers.
Similar cases were seen in Shai Osuduku constituency in 2016 and Ayawaso West Wuogon in 2019.
Speaking in The big problemMr. Cudjoe stated that statistics showed that women who assumed political roles in special cases like Ms. Hayford were more likely to win elections.
“The Los Angeles Times reported in 1998 that among first-time candidates for the House of Representatives between 1960 and 1993, 84% of widows won while 14% of other women were victorious. A political scientist, Diana Kinser said: For women who aspire to serve in Congress, the best husband has been a dead husband.
“I think it should be encouraged because women are better leaders. I see it every day, at home, at school, at work. I think we should extend that to politics because they can handle things. When you look at the countries that handled COVID-19 correctly, they were all led by women, “he added.
The executive director of IMANI Africa said that literature abounds to show that women did better as leaders and that they should have those opportunities.
– citinewsroom
