Tinubu congratulates Mexico’s 1st female president

Mexico’s presidential candidate for Morena party Claudia Sheinbaum celebrates following the results of the general election in Mexico City, on June 3, 2024. – Claudia Sheinbaum was set to be elected Mexico’s first woman president, exit polls showed, a milestone in a country with a history of gender-based violence. (Photo by Gerardo Luna / AFP)

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday congratulated Ms. Claudia Sheinbaum on her election as the first female President of Mexico.

A statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, said the president also congratulated the Mexican people and called for the strengthening of bilateral ties between both nations across areas of mutual interest.

“The election of Sheinbaum accents the voices of women in government and shatters the political glass ceiling.


“It sends a reverberating message across the world that women must not only be participants but principal architects in shaping and implementing decisions affecting the lives of many,” said Tinubu.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sheinbaum won the Mexican presidential election by a landslide, becoming the first female president in the country since its independence in 1821.

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