The clamour for increased representation of women in key roles in the public and private sector in Nigeria is as old as the troubled republic. It dates back to a time when the key positions women were vying for was on the voting queue. Sustained agitation by formidable political activists like Hajiya-GamboSawaba will eventually see Northern women gain the right to vote in 1976, 25 years after their southern counterparts did.

The years have seen the conversation on women’s place in Nigeria’s polity expand, shrink and expand some more. In all this pendulum-swing trajectory, one thing has remained key to the struggle - the energising visibility of women who made their mark despite crippling policies and social attitudes to women in highly placed roles.

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Women in Nigeria can never rise above men. The country's religious and tribal structure will never give women a chance.

Ammishaddai:
Women in Nigeria can never rise above men. The country's religious and tribal structure will never give women a chance.

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