Former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that if elected as Nigerian President, he will split the cabinet into two equal parts consisting of male and female ministers.
Amaechi, who spoke at an event in Port Harcourt earlier this week, said there would be 21 female and 21 male ministers.
According to him, the idea is to prove to the world that good performance is not determined by one’s gender.
He further stated that youths will have the larger share of his appointments.
Amaechi said, “Let me tell you what I’m going to do if I become the president of Nigeria, and I’m going to contest.
“I will split the cabinet into two equal parts; there will be 21 male and 21 female ministers. I just want to prove to the world that gender is not the basis for action. There is going to be competition; let’s see who is going to perform better, and I will tell Nigerians, look at the performance of both A and B.
“In that appointment, 10 or 11 of the 21 ministers will go to the youths; the remaining will go to any woman at the age of 40, 50, or 60. The same will apply to the male.”