RipplesMetrics: The numbers show Nigerian women performed poorly in 2023 general elections
Source: Ripples Nigeria
Female participation in the politics and governance of Nigeria has been way down below average since the country’s transition to representative democracy in 1999. Nigerian women seem comfortable in the back seat judging by their poor outings every election year.
Females make up about 49 per cent of the country’s population; and according to the 2023 voter register of the Independent National Electoral Commission, of a total of 93,469,008 people who registered to vote, 44,414,846 or 47.5 per cent were females. Yet, in the just concluded election, females who contested elective positions from federal to state levels performed poorly, even more poorly than in previous elections.
Click here to read the full article published by Ripples Nigeria on 6 July 2023.
Female participation in the politics and governance of Nigeria has been way down below average since the country’s transition to representative democracy in 1999. Nigerian women seem comfortable in the back seat judging by their poor outings every election year.
Females make up about 49 per cent of the country’s population; and according to the 2023 voter register of the Independent National Electoral Commission, of a total of 93,469,008 people who registered to vote, 44,414,846 or 47.5 per cent were females. Yet, in the just concluded election, females who contested elective positions from federal to state levels performed poorly, even more poorly than in previous elections.
Click here to read the full article published by Ripples Nigeria on 6 July 2023.