Thu May 27 2021
A group of women activists have call for the creation of additional special seats for women and other vulnerable groups in the federal and state legislative houses to ensure equitable participation and inclusion.
This is contained in a statement signed by the Secretary General, Women’s Right Advancement and protection Alternative (WRAPA), Hajiya Saudatu Mahdi.
“A more sustainable measure is the provision of 30 percent or two third provision in the constitution as a temporary rule as done in other African Countries like Rwanda, Eritrea and Kenya,” she said.
She said the national assembly called for public hearing on the 1999 Constitution with the aim of amending critical areas of the constitution, and that about 17 items have been identified and the first being gender equity and increase participation of women and vulnerable groups in government.