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Nigeria: Additional elective seats will boost Nigeria’s democratic profile — Stakeholders – Tribune Online

Nigeria: Additional elective seats will boost Nigeria’s democratic profile — Stakeholders – Tribune Online

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Published on 2025-12-05 22:15:00

Stakeholders who converged in Abuja on Friday expressed optimism that the proposed Reserved Seats for Women Bill will enhance Nigeria’s democratic profile among the comity of nations and address decades of gender imbalance in political representation.

The proposed bill seeks to amend the 1999 Constitution to guarantee special seats for women in the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly as a corrective, temporary, and strategic reform to redress long-standing gender imbalance in…

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