Ologungba said that Arong, a holder of a Diploma in Banking and Finance and B.Sc. in Accounting, would serve out the term of the late National Women Leader, Prof. Stella Effah-Attoe, who died on October 29.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Nigeria’s opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has appointed Amina Arong as its National Women Leader.
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday.
Ologunagba said that Arong, who hailed from Cross River, was a prominent women mobiliser.
He expressed confidence that she would bring on board her intellectual capacity as well as experience as the women leader.
Ologungba said that Arong, a holder of a Diploma in Banking and Finance and B.Sc. in Accounting, would serve out the term of the late National Women Leader, Prof. Stella Effah-Attoe, who died on October 29, 2023.
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“The PDP congratulates and tasks the new national women leader to deploy her capacity and experience in working with other members of the National Working Committee for the continuing stability, growth and success of our great Party,” he said.
Before her death, Effah-Attoe was a university professor, politician, author and mobiliser.
She was one time commissioner for education and later commissioner for information and culture in Cross River State, member of the Cross River State House of Assembly, member of governing board of several Cross River State and federal government agencies and programmes.