The Nation Newspaper Speaker Abbas pledges support for gender bills, urges early advocacy
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tujudeen Abbas, has assured that the House will support the gender bills which will improve political opportunities for women and increase their number in the legislature.Represented by his Deputy, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, Speaker Abbas called for early lobbying and advocacy on all women-related constitutional bills to get the buy-in of not only the lawmakers but all other stakeholders and concerned parties.
“Many of them will come on board, which will be used as tools towards lobbying the men, lobbying the constituents, who are the ones who have sent their Representatives here, because these Representatives don’t make decisions on their own. “Let them know why we want to do this, let them see the comparative analysis between our country and other countries, let them see what we are missing by not going this route all this while, and let them see what we are going to gain if we go this route.
“I want to also promise you that we are going to be committed to the details of the MoU, to upholding the provisions of the MoU, the one on our part. But it’s not a document we are going to sign and just go and sleep. Some of us are lawyers who understand the importance of a document like this. We are assuring you that the parliament will do our part.
She said “UN women works with parliaments in different countries, because parliaments represent the people. UN Women works for the people. Parliaments enact laws. UN Women is looking for favourable legal frameworks that will allow women and girls to use their full potential.“When we look at the rating in Africa, or let me say in ECOWAS, Nigeria seems to be going maybe the lowest. But this is not what we are here to talk about.
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