NIGERIA’S WOMEN’S REPRESENTATION PLUMMETS

Projections

from the 2023 elections indicate a decline of women seats in the 10th assembly, 18, in comparison to the 9th, 21, which saw Nigeria ranked 184th out of 192 countries in the world for women’s representation in the national parliament according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union Women in Politics Report 2022. In Africa’s 54 countries, Nigeria ranks the lowest, coming 54th with a 5.45 percent female representation, while Rwanda ranks first with 47.95 percent. This came despite a visible increase in the number of voters. According to figures from INEC, the total number of eligible voters rose by 9,464,924 or 11.3 percent from the 2019 general elections. Of the total registered voters, 44,414,846 (47.5 percent of total voters) are female voters.

Although the Commission has only declared winners for 423 legislative seats, it directed that supplementary elections would be conducted in 46 other constituencies. Of the federal lawmakers elected so far, women got three seats in a Red Chamber of 98 seats (accounting for just 3.1 percent), and 15 seats in the Green Chambers of 325 seats (only 4.6 percent). Meet the women of Nigerian national politics.

WOMEN OF THE SENATE (III)

Women Of The Assembly

1. Morenike Witherspoon – APC, Owo 2 State Constituency (Ondo)

2. Annah Fayemi – APC, Ilaje 2 State Constituency (Ondo)

3. Oluwatosin Ogunlowo – APC, Idanre State Constituency (Ondo)

4. Omotayo Adeleye-Ishaya – APC, Ijumu State Constituency (Kogi)

5. Comfort Nwuchola – APC, Ibaji State Constituency (Kogi)

6. Olatundun Alanamu – APC, Ilorin North/West State Constituency (Kwara)

7. Arinola Lawal – APC, Ilorin East State Constituency (Kwara)

8. Mariam Yusuf Aladi – APC, Ilorin South State Constituency (Kwara)

9. Rukayat Shitu – APC, Owode/Onire State Constituency (Kwara)

10. Olagbaju Bolaji – Ado 11 State Constituency (Ekiti)

11. Okuyiga Eyitayo Adeteju – Aiyekire/gbonyin State Constituency (Ekiti)

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