Ensure Gender-Inclusive Primaries Ahead of 2027 Polls, Women Groups Urge Political Parties

Ensure Gender-Inclusive Primaries Ahead of 2027 Polls, Women Groups Urge Political Parties

Kuni Tyessi in Abuja

A coalition of women-led organisations has called on Nigeria’s political parties to take immediate steps to ensure the meaningful inclusion of women in candidate selection processes ahead of the 2027 general election.

The appeal was made in an open letter dated May 15, 2026 and addressed to the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), and other registered parties.

The groups, including Womanifesto, the Nigeria League of Women Voters, Women in Politics Forum, 100 Women Lobby Group, Women Collective Hub, and The Electoral Hub, expressed concern over what they described as the growing exclusion of women from internal party processes.