NAWOJ pushes for Special Seats Bill in Adamawa

Members of the Adamawa State Chapter of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) rallied connected Monday for the contiguous transition of the Special Seats Bill.

Describing the measure arsenic a important measurement towards sex equity successful Nigeria’s governmental landscape, the NAWOJ members said it is simply a request for the psyche of Nigeria’s democracy.

The members carried placards speechmaking variously, ‘Adamawa Women Say Yes to Special Seats Bill’ and ‘4% Women successful Leadership Not Enough’, among others.

Addressing newsmen during the lawsuit astatine the NUJ Press Centre successful Yola, the Chairperson of NAWOJ successful Adamawa, Felicia Dauda, lamented that successful the 10th National Assembly, lone 21 of 469 members are women, representing conscionable 4.2 per cent.

“The Senate has 4 women retired of 109 members (3.7 per cent), portion the House of Representatives has 17 women retired of 360 members (4.7 per cent),” the NAWOJ Chairperson noted, adding that astatine the authorities level, lone 1 pistillate sits successful the 25-member House of Assembly, portion 13 of Nigeria’s 36 states person nary pistillate lawmakers astatine all.

“Adamawa’s national practice tells the aforesaid unacceptable communicative arsenic each 3 senators and 8 House of Representatives members are men,” she ...