'With just about 4 per cent of women elected to the National Assembly and only seven women in the forty-five member cabinet, Nigeria is not doing well on the continental ranking.'
"With just about 4 per cent of women elected to the National Assembly and only seven women in the forty-five member cabinet, Nigeria is not doing well on the continental ranking.", Beatrice Eyong, says the country is lagging in terms of female representation in political leadership compared to other Africa n countries.
She, however, commended the House of Representatives, who recently passed, for third reading, a bill seeking to reserve four seats for women in the National Assembly, saying,"this is indeed a positive development which demonstrates commitment to change the narrative on women participation in Nigeria."
Meanwhile, in his remarks at the occasion, the Director General of NILDS, Abubakar Sulaiman, said that regarding lawmaking for security sector institutions, the institute and UN Women have engaged members of the National Assembly in several advocacy programmes. The DG said the role of the Nigerian legislature in the successful implementation of the women, peace and security agenda is tied to its constitutional mandate and, as such, should be given adequate attention.
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