According to the National Democratic Institute (NDI), there is growing recognition of the untapped capacity and talents of women and women’s leadership. Accordingly, the meaningful participation of women in national, local and community leadership roles has become an important focus of global development policy. Besides, women’s participation in politics helps advance gender equality and affects both the range of policy issues that get considered and the types of solutions that are proposed. Women’s political participation has profound positive and democratic impacts on communities, legislatures, political parties, and citizen’s lives, and helps democracy deliver. These are sacred facts that should influence Nigeria’s political leaders to consider more women in their political recruitments and leadership considerations.

Source: The Guardian April 14, 2021 03:52 UTC