The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has cautioned that Nigeria’s continued exclusion of women from political leadership positions is no longer merely a social concern but a growing threat to the nation’s competitiveness in an increasingly dynamic global landscape.
Speaking in Abuja at a high-level roundtable with media practitioners on the Reserved Seats for Women Bill aimed at increasing women’s representation in Parliament, the UNDP Resident Representative for Nigeria, Elsie Attafua, explained that the debate over the proposed Special Seats Bill for Women must move beyond emotion and politics.
Stressing that women’s political participation is now a strategic requirement for Nigeria’s survival and leadership in a world being reshaped by artificial intelligence, demographic disruptions, mineral politics, and geopolitical rivalry.
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