QUICK FACTS:

the 44- member Federal Executive Council. It may be tactical to include Folashade Yemi- Esin, Head of Service, increasing the number to eight

failed to deliver on one of his critical promises during his presidential campaign to make his cabinet gender inclusive, by having women occupy 35 percent in his cabinet

Pauline Tallen, Minister of Women; Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning; Ramatu Aliyu, Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory; Gbemisola Saraki, Minister of State, Transportation; Sharon Ikeazor, Minister of State, Environment, Sadiya Farouk, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development and Maryam Katagum, Minister of State, Trade and Investment

the current FEC stands at a meagre 16.3 percent, far from the 35 percent promised by the President

three- legs, otherwise known as, ‘ super ministries’ are supervised by women. They are Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning which has Zainab Ahmed as head and the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development manned by Sadiya Farouq

- monwealth Local Government Forum in 2017- 18 reveals a declining fortune for women in position of governance. “Following the 2015 election, 9.8 percent of councillors and 3.6 percent chairpersons were female, down from 12.5 percent and 3.9 percent in 2011 and 10.2 percent and 9.9 percent in 2007 respectively. In the national parliament in 2015, 5.7 percent of seats were occupied by women

- toral Commission disclosed that only 62 women out of the 2,970 who contested for different political offices in the 2019 general election were elected. A breakdown of the figure showed that while only seven women were elected into the Senate during the 2019 elections, the House of Representatives has 11 women. Four women were elected as deputy governors, 40 women were elected into the 36 state Houses of Assembly