Assessment of Women Representation in Nigerian Politics

Abstract

This paper critically examined the women representation in Nigerian politics with particular reference to elective and ministerial positions. The objectives of this paper are to ascertain if there has been an improvement in women representation in political position, find out if the present women representation in political position has realized the affirmative action and identify the factors undermining the rise of women representation in political position in Nigeria. The liberal feminist theory was adopted as the framework for analysis. Data were collected through secondary source using the documentary method and the content analysis and the simple percentage method was adopted for data analysis. The paper revealed that there is no improvement in women representation in elective positions and ministerial positions and the level of women representation in politics has not realized the affirmative action. In addition, it was observed that issue of funding, insecurity, culture, male domination in political parties etc. posed challenge to the rise of women representation in Nigerian politics. The paper suggested for encouragement of women participation in politics, sensitization and enlightenment of the public for support of women representation in politics, reduction of electoral violence etc.