The International Republic Institue (IRI) and National Democratic Institute (NDI) have revealed that the Nigerian Senate has the lowest rate of women’s legislative participation in Sub-Saharan African.
The organisation also noted that the number is a far cry to the region’s average of 24 per cent.
The submission was included in the IRI/NDI International Election Observation Mission Final Report, which also expressed that the numbers of women elected into the Senate reduced from seven in 2015 to six in 2019.
In the same vein, the report also established that the House of Representatives also suffered a decline from 20 women in 2015 to 12 in 2019.
The report said: “…As a result of the 2019 elections, the All Progressive Congress (APC) achieved majorities in both chambers of the National Assembly. The APC had a similarly strong majority coming out of the 2015 elections but lost those…
