Gender Equality: INEC Pledges Continuous Promotion In Nigeria’s Political Space - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 26, 2019
The Independent National ElectoralCommission, INEC has pledged its continuous promotion of gender equality in theNigerian political space.
INEC Director of Publicity and VoterEducation, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, made the pledge at the “review of the 2019general election from a gender perspective’’ held on Thursday in Abuja.
The event attended by INEC DeskOfficers from the 36 states and the FCT was organised by in collaboration withthe European Centre for Electoral Support .
Osaze-Uzzi said that such action wasimportant in order to address poor participation of women in elections and thedrop in the number of women who occupy elective positions.
He said that at the level ofpolitical parties, legislature and governance, the representation of women inNigeria government fell short of the National Gender Policy benchmark of 35 percent and other global and regional benchmarks to which Nigeria is a signatory.
He said that INEC would continue tocollaborate with development partners and stakeholders to encourage andsensitise political parties to open up to changes in party politics.