The National Bureau of Statistics has revealed that women still do not have equal access to decision making and power-sharing at all level...
The National Bureau of Statistics has revealed that women
still do not have equal access to decision making and power-sharing at all
levels in the country, compared with their male counterparts.
This is according to a report released by the NBS on Gender
Statistics Quarterly Bulletin for the First Quarter 2022 on Sunday in Abuja.
The first quarter bulletin focused on three key areas which
include: Power and Decision Making, Health, Population, and Education.
The report stated that the percentage share of women in
presidential and vice-presidential races from 2019 to 2022 was at 0 per cent
and 100 per cent for men.
The number of female and male political aspirants for
presidential races in 2019 was 6 and 67, respectively while the
vice-presidential races had 22 females and 52 males.
“Political aspirants for governorship in the 2019 election
had 80 females and 984 males while deputy governorship aspirants had 271
females and 789 males.
“Also female and male
aspirants for senatorial positions in the 2019 election were 234 and 1,649,
respectively.”
The statistics for the 2020 National Judicial Officers has
66 females and 138 males, which include: Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice of
the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, President of the Court of Appeal and
National Industrial Court.
Also, Chief Judges of Federal High Courts and State High
Courts, Judges of the Federal High Courts, State High Courts and Industrial
Courts and Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court.
The statistics of ministerial appointments from 1999 to 2021
stood at 13.73 per cent for females and 86.27 per cent for males, while for
senatorial appointments, females had a representation of 15.91 per cent and
84.09 per cent for males.
The report revealed that from the return of democracy in
1999 to 2019, Nigeria had not produced female Secretaries to the Government of
the Federation.
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