Election cycles and Nigerian women (3): Speaking with one voice, By Tayo Agunbiade
Money politics and party affiliation are stumbling blocks to women’s candidacy and electoral win into legislative houses.
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Money politics and party affiliation are stumbling blocks to women’s candidacy and electoral win into legislative houses.
In the last two articles, gender-disaggregated data was employed to highlight women’s historic and contemporary participation in elections. This final piece will analyse women’s participation in the last two general elections held in Nigeria 2015 and 2019. For the 2015 elections, a total of 746 candidates vied for seats to the Senate, out of which