A bill to provide more representation for women in government by creating 111 additional electoral seats has scaled second reading on the floor of the House of Representatives.

The Gender and Equal Opportunity Bill codenamed, ‘House 1301’, is being sponsored by Chairperson, House Committee on Aviation, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha.

It is co-sponsored by House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila.

Onyejeocha, while speaking to newsmen in Abuja, yesterday, explained: “If women are given the opportunity for the next four electoral seasons, at the end of that, they will need to vie for electoral seats. It’s not a permanent thing; it is just to give them the leverage, the platform where they will be tested. Since women are clamouring for so much, it is like giving them a chance temporarily, to see how they can perform.”

Onyejeocha said the Speaker’ s emphasis that gender is at the centre of his administration proves he would ensure it takes priority over several issues including youth, the less privileged and handicapped.

“Yesterday, there was a men’s conference where he gave a powerful commitment.

Today, again, he came here himself and gave the same commitment. It goes a long way in providing equal opportunity for women,” she said.

She said a female Presidency is possible in 2023 if politicians and kingmakers give them the opportunity.“ All the people that have become Presidents were supported by people. If the players, the kingmakers decide that a woman should become the next President , then that is it,” she said.

Onyejeocha added: I am not dreaming to become President. There are people dreaming to become president and I am supporting them.”

Lindajames1010:
Everything in favour of this Vagina people...yet they will still be forming victim up and down

michlins:
I think feminism is all having a level playing field for all gender. The idea of giving someone an advantage goes against everything it stands for.

Those seats aren't earned

Corporate2020:
Nonsensical nonsense.

Leave the men and guys behind. Everything now is for women. Technology for Women. Entrepreneurship for Women. Art and Music for Women. All sorts of Scholarships for Women everywhere. Even if you dey fund Work, the useless Employers will employ a less qualified Woman over a Man.


That's good, your highly educated, empowered and rich Women will have only dropouts, drug addicts and touts to select from as life partners.

A similar nonsense called federal character or quota system made us to have several illiterate Almajari as heads of several government agencies, ministries and parastatals in Nigeria, now you want to start dashing Women positions

Ellasure:
Igbo men are always full of advantages and Igbo women like to use the advantages it only become painful when any other keen observer snatch the advantages to their own use. Thinking through seems a big challenge.

Now, an Igbo woman has laid a request for women in Nigeria to be given sole representative of 112 seats in Nigeria national assembly. When Nigeria want to share out the seats for implementation and they gave 50 seats to Fulani, 30 to Yoruba, 15 to South South, 15 to middle belters and 10 to South East that is when the Igbo woman will start making noise of marginalisation.
Many Nigerians are sleep walking. Some are eating while talking.

Education to degree level does not confer wisdom to to holders it only open more doors to knowledge and understanding. Understanding is with sublimation and humility. Lack of humility in thinking of individual only expound more evils on the society.

The proposed law on gender based representation looks good on paper but its implementation will be fraught with deceit. The resulting effect on the house decisions and the Nigerian society will be catastrophic in dimensions not imagine.

The bill should be withdrawn or killed and thrown into rubbish bins.

For representation of women, let the women lobby and canvass more in their various states and localities.