Women dominate new voter registration, lag in elective offices — INEC
Commission urges parties to provide greater support for female candidates ahead of 2027 By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has raised concerns over the wide gap between women’s participation as voters and their representation in elective offices in Nigeria.
Delivering the keynote address, titled, “Strengthening Women’s Political Participation and Representation: Opportunities, Challenges and Strategies for Political Parties Towards the 2027 General Elections,” a former INEC Director of Voter Education, Publicity, Gender and Civil Societies Liaison and former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Edo State, Oluwole Osaze-Uzi, said Nigeria remained one of the countries lagging behind in women’s representation in elected public offices.
Tracing the history of female presidential candidacy from 1999, when there was no female presidential candidate, to the 2027 election cycle, where three women are among the 14 presidential candidates, he compared Nigeria’s record with that of other African countries that had made significant progress in women’s political representation.
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