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Nigeria APC Meeting Gender Gap
Only three women among 76 invitees to APC presidential campaign meeting.
In brief
Only three women among 76 invitees to APC presidential campaign meeting. Nigeria's APC presidential campaign meeting invited only three women out of 76 attendees. Originally reported by Allafrica.
APC Meeting Invitees
Only three women were included among 76 persons listed to attend the inaugural APC presidential campaign council meeting.
Gender Imbalance
Of the 76 names reviewed, 73 are men and three are women, representing approximately 3.9 per cent female representation.
Women Invited
The three women are Zainab Marwa, Secretary of the Directorate of Infrastructure Mobilisation and Sensitisation, Hadiza Usman, Assistant Secretary in the Secretariat, and Stella Okotete, listed as Secretary I in the Directorate of Election Planning.
Meeting Details
Scheduled for 2 p.m. on Tuesday at the Presidential Campaign Council headquarters on Herbert Macaulay Way, Central Business District, Abuja.
Prominent Attendees
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo, and Governor Hope Uzodimma expected to attend.
No Response from Press Secretary
Reporter could not reach Oguwike Nwachuku, chief press secretary to Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, for comments due to poor network connectivity.
What to remember
Nigeria's APC presidential campaign meeting invited only three women out of 76 attendees.
