Dr. Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, the former First Lady of Ondo State, has criticized the Nigerian Senate’s practice of giving female ambassadorial nominees a “take a bow and go” screening.
Posting on X.com, Dr. Akeredolu expressed her strong disapproval of the process, asking, “Is this a joke?”. She argued that the method is “demarketing the female nominees” and is not fair.
She stated that the male Committee members were “unnecessarily intrusive” and did not allow the nominees to properly present themselves to Nigerians.
The former First Lady concluded that the entire screening process looked “unserious, utterly childish”. She stressed that ambassadorial screening is a “serious business” and noted that she has watched how detailed screenings are conducted in countries like the US.
She ended her post by adding the hashtag #womensupportingwomen.
