Hajia Aisha Alhassan, the Minister of Women Affairs, has said that women were “very disappointed” over Hilary Clinton’s failure to win her bid to become America’s first female President.
Clinton, the Democratic candidate, lost to the Republican candidate, Donald Trump.
“I am very sad about the outcome of the elections; we women have been robbed again,” Alhassan told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Jos, Plateau State.
Alhassan expressed optimism that the womenfolk would be luckier next time in their bid for equal opportunities to serve humanity.
Speaking in the same vein, Larai Akawu, a Jos-based women activist, expressed shock at the loss, which she said was not expected.
Akawu said: “Hilary Clinton was doing well and the polls predicted that victory will go her way.
“Some of us here were already planning to celebrate the grand arrival of the women folk as leaders at the global stage before
we got the shock of our lives.”
Akawu, however, urged women not to be discouraged by the setback, saying that there was always another chance.
“Clinton came so close to winning; it means there is great hope that we shall be there in the near future,” she said.
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News Women Affairs Minister on Clinton’s loss: Women were robbed
