Nigeria, Nov. 5 -- The House of Representatives Committee on Youth in Parliament has pledged to lead advocacy efforts in support of the Constitution Alteration Bill seeking to create Special Reserved Seats for Women in the National and State Houses of Assembly.

Chairman of the committee, Olamijuwonlo Alao-Akala (APC, Oyo), made the pledge on Tuesday while addressing journalists in Abuja at the end of a stakeholders' interactive session organised by the Legislative Advocacy Committee on the Reserved Seats for Women Bill. Speaker Abbas Tajudeen constituted the advocacy committee to mobilise lawmakers, civil society groups, and the public in favour of the proposed legislation.

The engagement is part of ongoing efforts by the 10th National ...