Is This a Joke?”- Former Ondo First Lady Betty Akeredolu Criticises Senate Ambassadorial Screening Process
“Is This a Joke?”- Former Ondo First Lady Betty Akeredolu Criticises Senate Ambassadorial Screening Process
Dr. Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu has criticised the Nigerian Senate for its “take a bow and go” screening of female ambassadorial nominees, describing the process as unfair and unserious.
In a post on X, the former Ondo State First Lady said the approach demarkets women, prevents nominees from properly presenting themselves, and falls short of the detailed and serious screenings expected for such important positions.
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.
In other news…… The Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide (LFC), Dr. David Olaniyi Oyedepo, has firmly declared that he will not venture into politics, even for a massive financial incentive.
Speaking during the impartation service at the church’s annual convocation, Shiloh 2025, the Bishop emphasized that partisan politics is simply “off my calling”. He stated, “If you give me $1 billion to join politics, I won’t, because it’s off my course”.
Oyedepo used the opportunity to urge his congregation to focus on their divine assignments. He stressed that believers should concentrate on their area of calling, where they are destined to “rule their world” and be part of God’s end-time army.
Referencing national crises, the Bishop reminded the church of his 2015 prophecy: “In 2015, I warned the church that trouble was coming. Didn’t trouble come?”.
He concluded by stressing that the world is currently “groaning in darkness,” but it is waiting for the manifestation of the children of God. According to him, the army of God is about to emerge to offer solutions to national crises, following the biblical examples of Joseph and Daniel.
