Report Faults Low Representation Of Women In Governance

A recent survey conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has faulted the low representation of women at all tiers and levels of governance.

The report, released on Tuesday in Abuja, titled: "NBS Statistical Report on Women and Men in Nigeria 2021", highlighted that women constituted almost half of the electorate.

It revealed that despite efforts to promote the contribution of women in politics and decision-making, that women had consistently recorded low representation at all tiers and levels of governance.

The report pointed out that Nigerian women have never been appointed as Secretary to the Government of the Federation, nor elected as President or Vice-President since independence and the return of democracy in 1999.

It pegged the highest representation of women in the National Assembly at 7.2 per cent, which was attained between 2007 to 2011.

The report revealed that: “It was 6.6 per cent each in 2011 to 2015 and 2015 to 2019 while a total of six women and 73 men occupied principal positions in the Senate in 2016 and 2017.

“The years 2018 and 2019 have the same figure of seven women and 72 men as principal officers.

“Only nine women out of 106 members of the House of Representatives occupied principal positions in 2019."

It indicated that from 2016 to 2019, only six women occupied the position of committee chairperson for each year while in 2018 and 2019, a woman occupied the position of Minority Senate Leader in the Senate.

The report rated the current women’s representation at the National Assembly in 2019 at 6.2 per cent, while the males were pegged at 93.8 per cent.

It said that available data from the Office of the Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF) revealed that seven females were appointed as Ministers in 2016 while the figure reduced to five females in 2017.

In addition, six female ministers were appointed in 2018 and in 2019, only seven were among the 43 appointees.

The report indicated that in Nigeria, 31.87 and 31.98 per cent were female members of National Judicial Officers in 2016 and 2017, respectively, while the figure dropped to 28.86 per cent in 2018.

It said that no female had been appointed as the Chief Justice of Nigeria, President of the National Industrial Court, and Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court from 2016 to 2018.

Within the same period, females were appointed as the President of the Court of Appeal by the National Judicial Council.

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