The All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker and Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), has approved State Contact Representatives of the Progressive Young Women Forum (PYWF), for effective delivery of the Forum’s mandate.

A statement signed by the group’s interim Publicity Secretary, Theresa Tekenah, on Friday, stated that the appointment was in recognition of their diligence, hard work, sacrifice and commitment to the party.

The statement added that the political platform was a product of the visionary leadership of the National Caretaker Committee Women Representative, Hon. Stella Okotete for progressive women aged between 18-35, to empower and promote the visibility of young women in politics and governance.

According to her, PYWF is a platform designed to holistically invest in the leadership and socio-political potential of young women in Nigeria to harness the strength and capacity that women hold in population size, economic activities and governance.

Some of the appointed contact persons are: Fatima Mohammed for Borno State, Tonbra Ekiotenne for Bayelsa, Anthonia Tortor and Maureen Wilson for Delta State, Elizabeth Aniebiri for Enugu, Omowunmi Ogbara and Moremi Ojudu for Lagos, Modinat Lawal for Ogun State, Yusuf Monsurat for Kwara State, Odaudu Joy for Kogi and Patience Charles for Adamawa among others.

The statement reads in parts: “The All Progressives Congress (APC), Caretaker and Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), has approved State Contact Representatives of the Progressive Young Women Forum (PYWF), for effective delivery of the Forum’s mandate.

“This appointment is inrecognition of their diligence, hard work, sacrifice and commitment to the Party. Through the visionary leadership of the National Caretaker Committee Women Rep, the PYWF was birth as a political Platform for progressive women aged18-35, to empower and promote the visibility of young women in politics and governance.

“It is a platform designed to holistically invest in the leadership and socio-political potential of young women in Nigeria to harness the strength and capacity that women hold in population size, economic activities and governance,” she said.

(Daily Trust)