A non-profit organization, Akin Fadeyi Foundation, is set to launch a competition for women to stimulate gender inclusive leadership conversation in Nigeria. For instance, despite women contesting as aspirants during the recently concluded presidential primaries of political parties, none emerged as a candidate. Also, data from a 2021 Global Gender Gap Index by the World Economic Forum (WEF) ranked Nigeria in 139th position out of 153 countries, the worst ranking since 2006. App for election monitoringMr Fadeyi also informed that the foundation will deploy its FlagIt app for election observation, monitoring and reporting. This, according to him, will deepen the work on political and social accountability as the 2023 general elections draw near.

Source: The Guardian July 13, 2022 21:34 UTC