Nigeria, July 29 -- The Chairperson of the House Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development, Kafilat Ogbara (APC, Lagos), has said that Nigeria cannot continue to ignore the systematic exclusion of women from governance.
She warned that true democratic development is impossible without adequate representation of women in decision-making structures.
Mrs Ogbara said this while speaking at a media briefing on the Reserved Seats for Women Bill on Tuesday in Abuja.
The briefing, organised in collaboration with the committee and supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Bridge Her Gap Initiative, marked a fresh wave of advocacy for the constitutional amendment that seeks to allocate a fixed number of seats to wo...
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