Nigeria: INEC bemoans poor participation of women in politics
Source: Vanguard
National Electoral Commission, INEC, has bemoaned the inadequate representation of women in political offices, pointing out that in spite of the numerical strength of women, they are not adequately represented.
A national commissioner with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Okechukwu Ibeanu who made this known, pointed out that despite that women constitute a good percentage of Nigeria’s voting population, they occupy only 5.8 percent of the political offices in the country.
Ibeanu who was speaking at a South East Zonal Workshop for Women in the Continuous Voter Registration and Collection of Permanent Voter Cards, held at the Golden Royale Hotel, Enugu on Monday, noted that going by the above statistics, a lot still needs to be done by all stakeholders to ensure that the situation improves for the 2019 General elections by getting women to register and collect their permanent voters card, (PVCs).
“Global statistics for gender parity indicates that in 2015, out of 188 countries, Nigeria was 152nd in the Human Development Index in Gender Inequality and 118th out of 192 countries in 2017″.
Click here to read the full article published by Vanguard on 7 Mai 2018.
National Electoral Commission, INEC, has bemoaned the inadequate representation of women in political offices, pointing out that in spite of the numerical strength of women, they are not adequately represented.
A national commissioner with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Okechukwu Ibeanu who made this known, pointed out that despite that women constitute a good percentage of Nigeria’s voting population, they occupy only 5.8 percent of the political offices in the country.
Ibeanu who was speaking at a South East Zonal Workshop for Women in the Continuous Voter Registration and Collection of Permanent Voter Cards, held at the Golden Royale Hotel, Enugu on Monday, noted that going by the above statistics, a lot still needs to be done by all stakeholders to ensure that the situation improves for the 2019 General elections by getting women to register and collect their permanent voters card, (PVCs).
“Global statistics for gender parity indicates that in 2015, out of 188 countries, Nigeria was 152nd in the Human Development Index in Gender Inequality and 118th out of 192 countries in 2017″.
Click here to read the full article published by Vanguard on 7 Mai 2018.