Various reports on the gender equality index have consistently ranked Nigeria extremely low both globally and in Africa.
A 2022 report by the Gender Strategy Advancement International , a non-governmental organisation, revealed that women’s political participation in Nigeria falls below the world and African continental standards.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, Rwanda, Namibia and South Africa lead the pack, ranking 6th, 8th and 20th globally while Nigeria ranks 27th out of 36 countries in the region.of bills seeking gender equality in the country. Nigeria follows India as the two leading nations where mothers and their babies are most likely to die.
Mrs Buhari in 2017 handed over a maternity complex to the Katsina State Government, out of her commitment to improving the healthcare delivery system in Nigeria and the reduction of the health burden of women. Globally, women account for 38 per cent of human capital wealth, while in low and middle-income countries, women account for one-third or lower of the human capital wealth.
“This situation heightens the gender inequity, where only 1 in 4 girls from poor, rural families complete junior secondary school education,” the official said. Harmful traditional practices such as child marriage are prevalent in Nigeria, with 43 per cent of girls married before the age of 18 and 20 per cent between ages 15 and 49 have undergone FGM.
According to the report, the required reduction rate to eliminate child marriages stands at 31.4 per cent, and Nigeria’s reduction rate has stagnated at -0.5 per cent for up to 10 years.The Deputy Director at the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development and a gender inclusion advocate, Busola Ajibola, believes the current state of poor representation of women in politics is entirely not the fault of Mr Buhari, “but a reflection of a society that resists women’s leadership.
“The situation is not any better at sub-national levels, where women hold only a small fraction of political leadership positions,” she said.
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