Nigeria, July 17 -- The UN Women's Country Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Beatrice Eyong, says the country is lagging in terms of female representation in political leadership compared to other African countries.

Ms Eyong said this on Monday at a one-day seminar on 'the role of the legislature in advancing women, peace and security in Nigeria organised by the UN Women in conjunction with NILDS in Abuja.

According to her, ''With just about 4 per cent of women elected to the National Assembly and only seven women in the forty-five member cabinet, Nigeria is not doing well on the continental ranking."

She, however, commended the House of Representatives, who recently passed, for third reading, a bill seeking to reserve four seats f...