By; Dorcas Jonah, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Over the years, women have clamoured for political space because men dominate both elective and appointed positions in Nigeria. From the pre-independence era, Nigerian women have played active part in politics. The action of Aba women in resisting colonial taxation is a familiar story, so also the political activism of late Mrs. Margret Ekpo and Funmilayo Ransom-Kuti. Against this background, women influence in Nigeria’s political space was expected to grow with Independence from British colonial rulers in 1960. However, long years of…
Read MoreNigeria @62: Towards gender equality in politics
