Lagos, June 5 (EFE).- The president of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, congratulated this Wednesday the winner of the elections held in Mexico last Sunday, Claudia Sheinbaum, who has become the first woman to become President. Mexican.
“Congratulations to Her Excellency, Mrs. Claudia Sheinbaum, for her historic election as the first female president of the United Mexican States,” Tinubu said in a statement published on the X social network.
The Nigerian president highlighted the victory of the first woman to become president of Mexico since the North American country declared independence in 1821.
“The election of President Sheinbaum accentuates women’s voices in government, breaks the political glass ceiling and sends a resounding message to the entire world that women should not only be participants,” Tinubu noted.
And he added that Sheinbaum’s election sends a “resonant message to the entire world” that women must be the main architects of the configuration and implementation of decisions that affect the lives of many.
Tinubu also stressed the desire to strengthen bilateral ties between both nations in areas of mutual interest, as the two countries are major trading partners.
Sheinbaum, candidate for the “Let’s Keep Making History” coalition, made up of the ruling National Regeneration Movement (Morena), the Labor Party (PT) and the Green Ecologist Party of Mexico (PVEM), obtained between 58.3% and 60%. .7% of the votes, according to the quick count of the National Electoral Institute (INE) of Mexico.
In this way, Claudia Sheinbaum joins the list of women who govern twenty countries around the world, including the Honduran Xiomara Castro, the Peruvian Dina Boluarte and Samia Suluhu Hassan, who became the first woman in 2021. of Tanzania’s history in accessing the head of state after the sudden death of President John Magufuli (2015-2021). EFE
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