IWD: Legal Intricacies, Implications in Suit Seeking 35 Per Cent Affirmative Action for Women [Video]

• As the world marks International Women’s Day (IWD), Nigeria continues to fight for women’s inclusion in government
• In April 2022, the federal high court ruled in favour of the 35 per cent affirmative action, which allows women to be included at all levels of government
• It’s 2024, and the national assembly is yet to implement this verdict, one of the lead litigants in the case gave Legit.ng exclusive insights into the legal intricacies involved

Legit.ng journalist Segun Adeyemi has over 9 years of experience covering political events, civil societies, courts, and metro

FCT, Abuja – In the early stages of President Bola Tinubu’s presidential campaign, the vice chairman of the Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mrs Uju Kennedy Ohanenye, said Tinubu was primed for the women’s course and their enormous participation in governance.

She stated that Tinubu would increase women’s participation in government to at least 35 per …