First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has called on State Governors and lawmakers to prescribe capital punishment for kidnapping.
She also described as heart rendering, the act of kidnapping innocent children who she also described as the future of the Nation.
The First Lady said this on Friday during a meeting with the National Women Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the State House, Abuja.
She described kidnappers as coward for majorly taking hold of women and children, saying they are inhumane and should be treated as such.
“They are cowards. Our hearts bleed. I call on the state governments that once we take hold of them, they deserve capital punishments. Why can’t they take men of their size? Why are they touching women and children?
“What they are doing is that they are trying to kill our future, we all know that when parents are old, we rely on our children, we see them as our investments that have not gone to a waste, especially when they are successful.”
“Why will you now take them from their schools? Right now, I think enough is enough. As a former lawmaker, I believe that any one of them captured deserves capital punishment”.
“I believe most mothers will support me on this because we carry our children for nine months, and we cannot watch what we love to wither away,” Tinubu said.
Tinubu told the women that the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu, placed a strong emphasis on creating opportunities for women to thrive economically, socially, and politically.
“As women, we constitute a significant portion of our society, and it is vital that our voices are heard and our contributions acknowledged. As women leaders, your role is very crucial to our nation’s development. You are the eyes and ears of the government at the grassroot. I therefore encourage you to set a robust agenda for empowerment, inclusion and welfare of women within our party and across the Nation,” she added.
She also celebrated the International Women’s Day with the women and saluted all other Nigerian women for their courage, resilience and doggedness.
“On my part, the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) was established to focus on championing women’s causes and implementing various programmes and initiatives nationwide with our motto, which states, “towards a better life for families”.
Earlier, the group, led by its National Women Leader, Dr Mary Idele Alile, her Deputy, Hajia Zainab Ibrahim and members of the Executive, thanked the First Lady for her impacts on the lives of Nigerians through her various interventions on the platform of the Renewed Hope Initiative, RHI.
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