A civil rights group, Proactive Gender Initiatives, has said a female should be made a Speaker in the 9th House of Representatives.
News Agency of NigeriaNAN reports that the 9th Assembly would be inaugurated on June 9 as soon as President Muhammadu Buhari issues a proclamation letter to that effect.
She argued that presently, a female lawmaker, Rep Nkeiruka Onyejeocha , who declared to vie for the position recently, was most qualified to be the number two person in the National Assembly hierarchy. “If you look at the hierarchy of principal officers as presently proposed, it appears to favour one region to the exclusion of others. So, it is necessary, in the spirit of democracy, in the spirit of inclusiveness, that persons from her region should also be considered.
“So, this is a rule, a policy, a regulation that the Nigerian State has given unto herself,” she remarked.
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