Women organisations across the country have intensified pressure on lawmakers to expedite the passage of the Special Seats for Women Bill ahead of party primaries.
The groups submitted formal letters of demand to members of the National Assembly and state Houses of Assembly in all 36 states.
Party primaries are scheduled to be conducted between April and May 2026 in accordance with the INEC timetable.
The coordinated advocacy, carried out simultaneously nationwide, saw a coalition of women leaders, civil society organisations, grassroots groups and community advocates deliver petitions directly to legislators, urging them to prioritise the bill as the National Assembly resumed from recess to continue deliberations on constitutional amendments.
In Abuja, the coalition, led by the League of Women Voters of Nigeria (NILOWV), included the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS), National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Federation of Muslim Women’s Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN), and International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), among others Read From Source/Original…