xSpeaking at a national public hearing organized by the committee on the review of the 1999 constitution yesterday in Abuja, Tallen said Nigerian women want a constitution that is gender inclusive. she observed that little has been achieved to improve gender equality in leadership and decision-making process in Nigeria despite the National Gender Policy of 2006 which recommends a benchmark of 35 percent in all sectors. xTallen who was represented by the permanent secretary of the ministry, Ambassador Anthonia Ekpa, said that women’s political representation is still below 10%. The Senate President said the national public hearing is organized to give room for a more harmonized input by Nigerian. x“This public hearing is to further given greater opportunities for inputs by the citizens,” he said.

Source: The Guardian June 04, 2021 09:11 UTC