Former Cross River Lawmaker Recommends Mental Status Examination For Women Seeking ‘Elective Office’

There is a need for women seeking to become governors, councilors, senators or other elective offices in the country to undergo mental status examination, a former member of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon Cletus Obun, submitted on Thursday.

 Obun noted that the gender discourse surrounding recent developments in the Senate has raised serious concerns about the competence and credibility of women in politics.

‘The women folk and indeed public officers may have in future to be subjected to mental stability test in order to be qualified to be a governor, councilor or a senator.

Otherwise, you’re going to get this and demarket, especially at a time when we are asking for gender inclusion and equality.

 We are this point facing a situation in which a gender issue is being trivialized, demonized and overdramatized on the public floor of the highest legislative house in this country.

 She is demarketing women by making it look as if they are not competent to be in such positions by the kind of allegations and frivolous things she has said’ the former state lawmaker submitted while welcoming the decision taken by the senate to suspend Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.

He also disclosed that he was once a victim of sexual harassment adding that most men endure harassment without making noise about it.

‘I think this is a fitting closure to this drama that was started from nowhere to this level of absurdity and I want to commend the senate for doing this and taking this action so swiftly and not allowing it to soar into another level of triviality and diversion.

At a time our country is on trial over economic and social upheavals and security issues, we are talking about sitting arrangements about those who are brought into the Nigerian Senate.

 I heard one former senator who made a point that what men go through as harassment is never reported because it would be seen as weakness in men. Most men endure harassment without making noise about it.

I’ve been a victim of sexual harassment by married women as a legislator. I was sexually harassed on several occasions, I escaped but I can’t report the reason being that it is not seen of a man. Men should also not keep quiet’ he added-Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08035023079, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you