Which country ever short-changes itself the way Nigeria does? We approach every major election by constructively eliminating more than 50% of our potent population (women) from the contest. Which country goes to war by first killing off 50% of its fighting force? Wittingly or unwittingly, that’s what Nigeria does.

In the 2023 election cycle, Nigeria almost produced its first female state governor, albeit by default. What we saw in Adamawa State was that even in Nigeria, illegality is male by birth. Even in a country where most elections are stolen, the attempt to smuggle in Senator Aisha Dahiru Binani fell flat at the door steps of illegality, no thanks to the clumsiness of the male politicians who were by gender, supposed to be the fixers.

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