Again Many Male Senators Resist Inclusion of Gender Equality in Nigerian Constitution
The Nigerian lawmaker have again resisted the inclusion of gender parity in the constitution by voting to oppose it on Tuesday. Similarly, the eighth Senate in 2017 also rejected a bill that sought 35 per cent affirmative action for women as ministers. The voting was also done by a voice vote, thus making it […]
Mama Taraba and the APC crisis
Mama Taraba is Senator Aisha Alhassan, the current Minister of Women Affairs in the Muhammadu Buhari cabinet, and arguably the most influential female politician in Taraba state today. She did something shocking and unusual in Nigerian politics during the last Eid-el-Kabir holidays. While paying homage to former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, she addressed him […]
The National Coalition On Affirmative Action (NCAA): Clarification Of Misconceptions On The Gender And Equal Opportunities Bill
On the 15th of March 2016, the Gender and Equal Opportunities bill failed to pass the Second Reading in the Senate of the Federal republic of Nigeria. The Nigerian women’s movement extends gratitude to the Senators who supported the Bill and the teeming Nigerians around the world who have continued to decry this sad development. […]
Senate Begins Amendment of Electoral Act to Legalise Use of Card Readers
A bill seeking to amend the Electoral Act to give room for the incorporation of the use of card readers into the Act scaled second reading on the floor of the Senate on Thursday. The bill, entitled: “A Bill for an Act to Amend the Electoral Act N0. 6 2010 and for Other Matters Connected […]
RE: Nigerian Senate Rejection of the Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill (GEOB).
Lagos, 17th March 2016 – The rejection of the Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill (GEOP) by members of Nigeria’s Senate on Tuesday the 15th of March 2016, did not come as a surprise, given the consistent indications of trivializing gender related issues observed in the present political dispensation in Nigeria which also has the lowest […]
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