Assent To Women’s Bill, Ex-Female Presidential Candidate Urges Tinubu

A former presidential candidate, Prof. Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies, has called on President Bola Tinubu to grant immediate presidential assent to the Reserved Seats for Women Bill.
Adesanya-Davies said assenting to the bill would make women’s participation in governance more prominent ahead of the 2027 general elections.
She noted that the bill seeks to create 74 additional seats for women in the National Assembly and 108 seats in state assemblies.
Adesanya-Davies, who lamented the declining representation of women in elective offices despite the 35 per cent affirmative action target, also urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to enforce Section 84 of the Electora...