During the inauguration of Network of Young Women in Politics, on Tuesday, a UN official Angela Muruli has described Nigeria’s women representation in Governance as lowest in the world.
Ms. Muruli who is a Programme Analyst of the UN Women has therefore call for a 50 percent representation of women by 2023 in both elective and leadership positions.
“For starters, Nigeria has almost the lowest representation for women in sub-Sahara Africa and in fact in the world. So, for the giant of Africa, it is quite worrying that half of the population are not ably represented by people who look like them in spaces of power.
“So, it is very important, because we know that when women are involved in leadership, they make decisions that benefit the whole society because the society is not just men.
“They can speak to issues that really affect them and subsequently issues that affect communities because we know that when women are financially independent, it betters the whole community.
“We have also seen during COVID-19 pandemic how states and countries who have women in positions of power and leadership have recovered a lot better than in countries where women are not in leadership.
“There is no necessary number for best practice but we live in a world where 50 per cent or even maybe slightly more are women. So, what we would like to see globally are societies where women have equal participation, so that is 50-50.”
