Women decry low inclusion in governance

Chairperson , Nigeria League of Women Voters (NILOWV), Benue State, Mrs. Irene Awunah-Ikyegh, has decried the low inclusion of women in governance in Nigeria in general and the state in particular.

“In Benue, of the 30 members of the 10th House of Assembly, only two are women representing 6.67 per cent. Out of the 54 cabinet members of the state comprising commissioners, special advisers and senior special assistants, only nine are women representing 16.76 per cent,” Awunah-Ikyegh lamented.
  
Commending Palladium, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and other partners on the SCALE Project in driving advocacy for better effective response to SGBV, she stressed that researches showed women as key actors in early warning and response to violent conflicts
  
With more women in leadership positions, communities can witness an end to SGBV, she added. In their separate goodwill messages, the Chairman, Benue Non-Governmental Organisations Network (BENGONET), Lazarus Mom and Management Staff, Civil Society Organisation in Benue, Mr. Onah Adeyi, also commended Palladium, USAID and NILOWV for their brilliant interventions aimed at tackling SGBV and increasing women inclusion in governance.
  
Also, Ms Jemimah Yaji, who is living with disability, expressed joy that the organisers recognised them, stressing that they hoped for a better future of women inclusiveness in governance.