The bill, designed as a temporary special measure to boost women's representation and promote inclusive governance, would introduce a new system of indirect elections through Electoral Colleges supervised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
A proposed constitutional amendment to increase women's participation in Nigeria's legislative institutions seeks to create 157 additional elective seats reserved exclusively for women across the National Assembly and the 36 state Houses of Assembly.
SaharaReporters gathered that under the proposal, 12 new seats would be added to the Senate, 37 additional seats created in the House of Representatives, while each of the 36 state Houses of Assembly would gain three extra seats for women, bringing the total number of new state legislative seats to 108.
The bill, designed as a temporary special measure to boost women's representation and promote inclusive governance, would introduce a new system of indirect elections through Electoral Colleges supervised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
According to details of the proposed amendments, the Senate would retain its current structure of three senators from each state and one from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), but would be expanded through the creation of two additional seats for women in each of the country's six geo-political zones.
