Nigeria, Dec. 6 -- Chidozie Ajah, a senior aide to the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ben Kalu, has disclosed that the Senate is proposing a drastic alteration to the Reserved Seats for Women Bill, seeking to limit the number of the additional women-only seats in the upper chamber to six, one per geopolitical zone, instead of one per state as initially designed.

Mr Ajah, the special adviser (Legislative) to the deputy speaker, revealed this on Friday during a media training for members of the House of Representatives Press Corps.

The session, themed "Strengthening Reporting on the Reserved Seats for Women Bill," was organised by the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs in collaboration with the TOS Group, an orga...