Ginika Tor is not mincing words. The APC chieftain says the number of women currently holding elective legislative positions in Nigeria is simply not enough, and that the country is falling well short of its own 35 per cent affirmative action target.
For Tor, reserved seats are not a favour to women. They are a necessary correction to years of systemic marginalisation that has kept women on the edges of political power in Nigeria.
The conversation around women in Nigerian politics is gaining momentum, and voices like Tor's are pushing it further into the mainstream. Whether the political will exists to match the rhetoric is the question everyone is watching.
Originally published by Premium Times.