WOMAN PARTICIPATION IN NIGERIA A CRITICAL EVALUATION ON OBASANJO ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background to the Study The increasing salience of women’s issues and the resurgence of women’s movements have raised popular consciousness and intense academic discourse on poor participation of women in politics (Peterson & Ruyan, 1999: 48 & Akinboye, 2004:233). Though women’s low political participation is a universal phenomenon (Shaul, 1982; Waylen, 1996:11; Akinboye, op.cit:233; Lewu, 2005:62; Rai, 2005 & Pokam, 2006), the imperative of women participation ...
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