The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday said only 62 women out of the 2,970 who contested for different political offices in the 2019 general elections were elected.
The commission expressed disappointment over the low participation of Nigerian women in politics, describing it as a constraint on growth and poverty reduction.
The chairman of INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, represented by the Head (Gender Division), Blessing Obidiegwu, raised the concern while delivering his goodwill message at the annual convention of the Nigerian League of Women Voters in Abuja. Read more