Only 5% of Nigeria’s lawmakers are women. It’s about to get worse
Source: Premium Times
Nigeria’s two dominant parties, ACP and PDP, have less than 6 per cent of their parliamentary candidates as women.
Women’s representation in Nigeria’s parliament is among the lowest in the world but could get worse based on the new list of candidates for the next parliament.
At present, only 7.3 per cent (8 of 109) of Nigeria’s senators are women while only 3.6 per cent (13 of 360) of the members of the House of Representatives are women.
Despite the low representation in the current parliament, the percentage of female candidates in the elections that produced the current lawmakers is higher than what obtains in the list for next year’s parliamentary elections.
Click here to read the full article published by Premium Times on 23 October 2022.
Nigeria’s two dominant parties, ACP and PDP, have less than 6 per cent of their parliamentary candidates as women.
Women’s representation in Nigeria’s parliament is among the lowest in the world but could get worse based on the new list of candidates for the next parliament.
At present, only 7.3 per cent (8 of 109) of Nigeria’s senators are women while only 3.6 per cent (13 of 360) of the members of the House of Representatives are women.
Despite the low representation in the current parliament, the percentage of female candidates in the elections that produced the current lawmakers is higher than what obtains in the list for next year’s parliamentary elections.
Click here to read the full article published by Premium Times on 23 October 2022.