By Olasunkanmi Onifade
The Deputy Director INEC, Gender Division, Ms Blessing Obidiegwu, has reiterated the need for a legal framework to encourage participation of more women in politics.
Obidegwu said this during a two-day training on women to women voters education in Abuja, organised by the National Women Trust Fund (NWTF), INEC and other partners.
“The National Gender Policy is just a policy, because there is no legal backing, it is either people abide by it or not.
Obidegwu observed that sensitisation and mobilisation on voters’ education in the past by INEC and other stakeholders had increased women participation in politics.
She, however, said more still needed to be done to increase women participation in politics and advised women to vote their preferred candidates and not be bought by politicians.
“Although, funding was one of barriers to women participation in politics, I advise that the…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
