Former Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister, Nana Oye Lithur is advocating for maximum participation of the Ghanaian woman in politics and governance, this she says will extensively, reduce the canker of corruption in the country.
Speaking on the prospects of the Ghanaian woman in governance at the POWA forum, Mrs. Oye Lithur indicated that “the future is very bright”.
According to her, women have a bigger role of promoting accountability and transparency in governance, which cannot be exploited to its full potential until they are given prominence in public offices. She emphasized the importance of recruiting and nurturing young females such that they are empowered to take up leadership positions when presented with the opportunity and are able to exude confidence and morality in the dispensation of their duties.
“We need to also look at female participation when they get into governance and look at women in local government because it is from there that we can nurture them to parliament and other public offices so I am very positive the future looks bright. We need to identify young women and like what the political parties are doing, we have the TEIN and the TESCON, these are breeding grounds where we can identify young women and nurture them and train them. So we older women have a responsibility so it is positive.
Mrs. Oye Lithur projected a much better Ghana with women in control of affairs particularly regarding issues of politics and power. Citing a research done by the World Bank, she indicated that women have a higher chance of reducing embezzlement and other vices in governance than men do.
“We will get there and women will rule Ghana and you’ll see a much positive Ghana."
"In fact the World Bank has researched, more women in public offices, less corruption. So the more Ghanaian women you vote for and elect in public office, the less corruption we’ll see in Ghana”.
The Progressive Organisation for Women’s Advancement (POWA) forum came off on October 31 in Accra.
The forum among other things, focused on women empowerment and the role of the Ghanaian woman in society.
Source: ghanaweb.com
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Are you serious? Can you yourself swear under oath that you have not amassed wealth illegally during your time of service? Can you justify your lifestyle with the income you made as a minister of state? Please give us a break!! We are not dumb!!
stuuuuuuupppidd fat piiigggg
u are corrupt yourself.Corruption means not doing the right thing.U organized ppl to sign for the realease of the montie 3 when they had threatened to rape ur fellow woman,pls give us a break.
Kia! Please don't remind us of Betty Mould, Ms Lamptey (formal CHRAJ boss), Dzifa Ativor,Alison-Madueke (formal Nigerian Oil Minister), etc. Just look at Ms. Ativor's reputation online....." Dzifa Aku Ativor is a Ghanaian politician and businesswoman. She was Minister for Transport in Ghana until her resignation due to a controversial GHS 3.6m bus re-branding contract." Source: Wikipedia. I'd love to see more more women in politics but not the criminals
LOOK AT EVIL OYE LITUR one of the most evil women in politics today attempting to do propaganda for WOMEN IN POLITICS ; the fact is that it NEVER TRUE THAT more women in politics will reduce corruption ; women in our society today are the worst stillers ; WOMEN have no consideration foir their own families let alone other women ; the list of corrupt women in position involved in corruption are endless ; Oye LItur; Dzifa Ativor; M/s Lamptey; Betty Mould ; M/S Hammah ; Mrs Osei and today we have Ursula OWusu exposed to 'NOKOFIO'; M/s Tamakloe and others ; was Oye Litur not involved in the election petition fraud ; was her husband not involved in the election fraud ; ALL WOMEN IN GHANA ARE FRAUDESTERS AND POTENTIAL FRAUDESTERS AND OYE LITUR SHOULD SHUT HER TOXIC BACKSIDE AND KEEP QUIET !!!!!
Yes, more women in politics means more bullying by women ministers on their colleague women duputy ministers, you ae on record to have bullied and frustrated your deputy minister who is a woman at the ministry of gender, children and social protection,you did same to one other lady director at the same ministry and locked her out of her office for several months,if people like you ever get in to political office again , then women in Ghana are in trouble.I love to see more women in political office but not the likes of oye,i cant think far.
yes i agree with people like yourself betty mould iddrisu dzifar ativor sedinam tamakloe who is currently on self imposed exile because of corruption at masloc and many other female ***barred word*** in your govt alone
It is the single sourcing that creates the corruption and competition take out corruption so it does not matter whether male or female. Corruption does not have gender.
Are you serious. Didn’t you hear about Gifa Ativor bus branding saga in the last government. I guess Gifa is a man