Women in Nigerian politics are incredibly too few. In the National Parliament, there are since 2019 only 29 women (about six percent of the total), including both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Men, instead, are 440. Nevertheless, there was an increase compared to the cabinet 1990-2003.
Representation in the Nigerian National Parliament (Senate and House of Representatives) from 1999 to 2019, by gender
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