No women elected in 15 state assemblies during 2023 elections – Husseni

From Aniekan Aniekan, Calabar

Muhammed Husseni, the Programme Officer of the Stand To End Rape Initiative, has stated that no woman was elected in 15 out of Nigeria’s 36 state houses of assembly during the 2023 general elections.

He emphasised that this falls significantly below the global average of female parliamentary representation, which stands at about 25%.