Women are more reliable in politics says Obasanjo

Speaking yesterday at his Hilltop residence in Abeokuta, the Former President Olusegun Obasanjo revealed that when it comes to politics, women are better than their male counterparts. Chief Obasanjo said this when believes that women can the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, paid him a visit where he was presented with a Father of the Nation award.

"One of the best journalists that ever served me was a woman, and that was the late Mrs Oluremi Oyo. In politics, women are more reliable than men. When a woman says she is with you, you can really take it that she is with you. But if a man tells you he is with you and you catch him in another meeting, he will tell you it is politics. It should not be so. When a politician’s words cannot be believed, then you are turning politics into another thing. A politician must be a man or woman of honour that believes in morality.”