Women in Nigerian politics are incredibly too few. In the National Parliament, there are since 2019 only ** women (about *** percent of the total), including both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Men, instead, are ***. Nevertheless, there was an increase compared to the cabinet 1990-2003.
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