Nine in 10 Nigerians back women leaders, but institutions lag – Report

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Nearly 9 successful 10 Nigerians accidental they are comfy with women starring large companies, but organization barriers proceed to bounds women’s entree to enactment positions. Findings from the 2025/2026 'Nigeria Leadership Readiness Brief of the Reykjavik Index for Leadership report', uncover beardown nationalist enactment for women’s enactment crossed sectors, adjacent arsenic workplace equality and governmental practice stay importantly lower. The study was presented connected Thursday during a property briefing organised by the advocacy radical Gatefield, wherever Shirley Ewang, the organisation’s advocacy lead, shared cardinal insights from the study. According to the report, Nigeria’s wide enactment readiness people roseate somewhat to 59 successful 2025 from 57 successful 2024, suggesting expanding nationalist assurance successful women’s enactment capabilities. However, researchers accidental this increasing acceptance has yet to construe into organization change. Strong nationalist enactment for women leaders The scale recovered that 89 per cent of Nigerians are comfy with women serving arsenic Chief Executive Officers of large companies, portion 77 per cent accidental they are comfy with women serving arsenic governmental leaders. It besides recorded a three-point betterment successful men’s cognition of women’s leadership, with the antheral scale rising from 53 to 56, mostly driven by older men expressing stronger support. Despite these gains, lone 55 per cent of Nigerians judge sex equality has been achieved successful the workplace, creating a 34-point spread betwixt enactment acceptance and perceived equality astatine work. The study said this spread indicates that p... </div> <div class= Read Entire Article
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