96% female candidates lost in 2023 general elections
Ninety-six per cent of women who contested for various positions in the just concluded 2023 general elections lost to their male counterparts, according to Daily Trust. Across the country, 1,553 women were on the ballot for the presidential, governorship, national and state assemblies’ elections held on 25th February and 18th March, and the supplementary poll on 15th April. This was …