Lessons in gender inclusion, equity in democratic process
Source: The Guardian Nigeria
Other than serving the purpose of throwing up new leaders, the recent local council elections in Ekiti State presented a study on how state governors could hold back from interfering in people’s choices of leaders at the grassroots, mainstreaming gender inclusion and deepening democratic culture, among other lessons, AYODELE AFOLABI writes.
Local council elections were recently held in 177 wards across 2,196 polling units of Ekiti State. When the curtains were drawn on the elections held earlier this month, two things had happened.
One, on the watch of the governor of the state, Abiodun Oyebanji, council elections had been held promptly to replace officials whose tenure were expiring in the same month; a development which is a clear departure from the anomaly perpetrated by some other governors, who would rather appoint cronies as care-taker chairpersons with a motive to, often, plunder the till.
Click here to read the full article published by The Guardian Nigeria on 20 December 2023.
Other than serving the purpose of throwing up new leaders, the recent local council elections in Ekiti State presented a study on how state governors could hold back from interfering in people’s choices of leaders at the grassroots, mainstreaming gender inclusion and deepening democratic culture, among other lessons, AYODELE AFOLABI writes.
Local council elections were recently held in 177 wards across 2,196 polling units of Ekiti State. When the curtains were drawn on the elections held earlier this month, two things had happened.
One, on the watch of the governor of the state, Abiodun Oyebanji, council elections had been held promptly to replace officials whose tenure were expiring in the same month; a development which is a clear departure from the anomaly perpetrated by some other governors, who would rather appoint cronies as care-taker chairpersons with a motive to, often, plunder the till.
Click here to read the full article published by The Guardian Nigeria on 20 December 2023.