Former Minister of Aviation Dr Kema Chikwe, on Sunday urged Nigerian women to pressurise the National Assembly into passing the Gender Equality Bill into law.
The former minister said that doing so would go a long way towards the liberation of women.
Chikwe, also a former Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, was speaking at a symposium organised by The Women International’s (TWI) Circle Forum in Lagos.
The theme of the symposium was, “What Do Women in Nigeria Lack?”.
She said:“The solution to upgrading the status of women in Nigeria is the passage of the bill.
“Political and non-political women actors must rise up to ensure the bill is passed.
“Women are docile. Women have to be strong for us to have a better society.
“It is not easy; we need individual courage and power to work together to ensure passage of the bill in the National…
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