I’m glad I stayed up to watch Hilary Clinton kill it! I’m glad I have followed this whole DNC.
Hilary Clinton is not only the pride of the Clintons and Americans, especially American women, but she’s a source of pride for women around the world and not the least Nigerian women.
She’s been at this. She’s worked for it. Her gender wasn’t an issue, which is indeed a great thing considering the fact that American women didn’t always have voting rights. But that’s America for you. If it seems impossible, they CAN do it.
And so Hilary breaks the glass ceiling! She was the wife of Gov. Bill Clinton. She was the wife of President Clinton. She was Senator representing New York. She was Barack Obama’s opponent about 8 years ago. She almost made it then. She was truly a formidable opponent. She became Foreign Secretary. No one, not Bill, not Barack has been more prepared and today, the rest is history-as we say.
Just one thing, one little thing: This night couldn’t have come, if she had dumped her husband in the heat of Monica Lewinsky. She stuck by him, knowing he was (and still is) human; knowing she had ambitions; knowing no man is infallible. And today…she’s thankful she did all she did. And she’s going to do more-definitely.
Nigerian women, like Hilary, are great, brilliant, bold, courageous and talented, awesome, gifted, powerful and capable. They are, however, held back by the environment; held back by stereotypes; held back sometimes by society, by their families, their parents, their husbands, their fellow women and even themselves, that is.
Now, my dear sisters, that’s got to stop. The men don’t seem to have gotten it right, time and time again. I believe it’s time for our women to step forth and take the lead, and some of us will do all we can to support and make it happen for them-like Bill Clinton has done; like Barack Obama has done; like the men in the Democratic Party hierarchy have done; like American men have so gallantly done.
If you’re a woman and you think you’ve got what it takes, step out now. If you’re a parent and you’ve got a daughter you think has got it, give her the push. And if you’re a husband, and you think your wife’s got it, give her the nudge and back her up. Perhaps, the world needs the women at the top, literally and metaphorically, so everything can be all right.
Women of Nigeria stand up to be counted. Hilary has ignited a fire more than any of her contemporaries in Germany and Britain and elsewhere ever did.
So I can say GOOD MORNING Nigerian women!