Blessing Nwagba
As Nigerians vote today, not less than 70 women are in the governorship race on different political platforms in many states of the federation.
There will be no governorship contest in nine states of the federation due to court judgments that nullified the election of their governors at different times in the past, but State Houses of Assembly elections would be conducted in all the 36 states.
The affected states are Anambra, Bayelsa, Edo, Ekiti, Kogi, Ondo and Osun.
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) would not witness both elections because it is run by a minister, who is appointed by the President, with laws made by the National Assembly, but election of new chairmen and councillors in the six Area Councils of the territory- Abaji, Abuja Municipal, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kuje and Kwali will hold today.
Out of the 1067 candidates cleared by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to participate in the governorship election, only 80 of them are females,…
