Edo: Speaker raises gender imbalance as assembly clears 8 new commissioners

From Tony Osauzo, Benin

The Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Blessing Agbebaku, has raised concerns over gender imbalance in the list of commissioner nominees sent for clearance by the governor, Monday Okpebholo.

He noted that among the eight commissioner nominees cleared by the House, only one was a female.

The governor had requested the clearance of the nominees, which was…