Speaker’s Wife, PLAC Demand Women’s Seats Bill
By Oluwakemi Kindness The wife of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Fatima Tajudeen Abbas, and the Executive Director of the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC), Clement Nwankwo, have urged the 10th National Assembly to pass the Constitution Alteration Bill creating Special Reserved Seats for Women, warning that failure to do so would […]
June 12: Democracy at Risk as Key Institutions Lose Credibility
By: Julian Osamoto Civil society leaders and democracy activists have warned that Nigeria’s democracy is failing to improve the lives of citizens despite 27 years of uninterrupted civilian rule. The stakeholders raised the alarm during a Democracy Day dialogue and photo exhibition organised by the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room in Abuja. The event, themed […]