Governor Oyebanji could be the most gender- friendly Governor in Nigeria. This is why

Governor Oyebanji could be the most gender- friendly Governor in Nigeria. This is why

A breakdown by Daily Trust  shows that Ekiti State has the highest number of newly elected female House of Assembly members in Nigeria 

Out of the 988 state assembly seats across the 36 states of the federation, only 48 female lawmakers, representing 4.85 per cent, were elected in the just concluded elections.

Election results showed that some women secured seats in 21 states – Anambra, Kaduna, Bayelsa, Benue, Cross River, Delta, Ekiti, Oyo, Taraba, Nasarawa, Plateau, Kogi, Kwara, Akwa Ibom, Ogun, Lagos, Adamawa, Ondo, Enugu and Ebonyi. In Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Abia, Osun, Rivers, Sokoto, Yobe and Zamfara states only men dominated.

South West produced the highest number of female lawmakers with a total of 16 elected women from five of the six states in the region. Ekiti State topped with 6 female lawmakers, Lagos and Ondo have 3 each, while Ogun and Oyo have 2 each. Osun is the only state in the region without a female lawmaker.

North Central  ranked second with 12 female lawmakers across five out of the six states. Kwara State topped the chart with 5 female lawmakers with Benue, Plateau and Kogi producing 2 each, while Nasarawa produced 1.

South South  produced 10 female lawmakers across five states to emerge third.
Akwa Ibom State topped the chart with 4 female lawmakers, with Bayelsa and Delta having 2 each, while Cross River and Edo states had 1 each.

South East, three out of the five states produced 5 female lawmakers. Ebonyi has 2, Enugu 2, while Anambra has one. Abia and Imo states have no female lawmakers.

North East produced three female lawmakers from two out of the six states in the region. While Taraba produced 2, Adamawa had 1. Borno, Gombe, Yobe and Bauchi have no female lawmakers.

North West , out of the seven states in the region, only Kaduna produced two female lawmakers, while Kano, Zamfara, Jigawa, Sokoto, Katsina and Kebbi states have no female representatives in the state assemblies.

Apart from that ,currently Ekiti has;

. 4 female House of Assembly members 
. Female Deputy Governor.
. Female Speaker House of Assembly 
. Female Secretary to the State Government
. Female Auditor General.
. Female President, Customary Court.
. 40 Female Ward Councillors.
. 3 Female Local Government Chairs.
. 7 Female Council Vice-Chairs .

If there’s going to be a trophy 🏆 for the most gender - friendly Governor, please give the trophy to Governor Oyebanji, his wife , Her Excellency Dr Olayemi Oyebanji as well as the immediate past Governor and his wife , Erelu Fayemi . 

Ps: Content partly culled from Daily Trust report .

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