INEC chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu By Douglas Okoro The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and a gender based Civil Society Organisations, Initiative for Social Change in Africa (ISCA) have advocated for enhanced participation of women in politics in Ebonyi. They made the call at a town hall meeting organised by the INEC in
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Women have right to participate in politics, says commission
Nigerian women in politics By Wandoo Sombo The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) says participation of women in elective office, and in shaping the political landscape is anchored on their rights as guaranteed in regional and international human rights instruments. The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Mr Tony Ojukwu, said this at a
Aggrieved APC women aspirants threaten protest votes
Romanus Ugwu, Abuja All Progressives Congress (APC) women aspirants, on Tuesday, threatened to mobilise protest vote against the ruling party over what they described as marginalisation against women. The women that protested at the national secretariat of the party alleged that the ruling party glaringly marginalised them in the just concluded primary elections nationwide. The […]
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Kwara Governor Calls For More Inclusion Of Women In Politics
File photo The Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has called for the inclusion of more women in politics. While hosting a group called Women in Technical Education and Employment in his office in Ilorin, the state capital on Wednesday, he said there is a need to give women equal rights with their
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Aisha Buhari charges women on active politics for national development
Aisha Buhari task women on active participation in politics. By Ahmed UbandomaThe wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has called for increased participation of women in active politics for national development.Mrs Buhari made the call when she received members of the Jam’iyyar Matan Arewa at the State House, Abuja. The News
EU worries over apathy among women in politics
European Union (EU) The European Union (EU) is worried that since its huge investment in Nigerian politics, there had been no improvement in women participation.The EU expressed worries over the low level of Nigerian women participation in politics in spite of several efforts to encourage them since 1999. Amb. Ketil Karlsen, the