Nigeria
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Tajudeen
Abbas
(Male)
Year of birth
1965
Additional information
Elected on 13 June 2023.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Sani
Tambawal Magaji
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 29 March 2023.
Secretary General
Yahaya
Danzaria
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 31 August 2023.
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Age
Average age of all members
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Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Ibrahim Mohammed (Male)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
72
Oldest member
Mustapha Khabees (Male)
Members for whom no data is available
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Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Elections > Election results
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
346
Number of women elected
14
Percentage of women elected
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
3.89%
Note on the Distribution of seats according to sex
As at 13 June 2023, there were 14 women out of 358 members with two vacancies.
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
14
New legislature
Total number of men after the election
The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
344
Total number of women after the election
The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
14
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature
First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Tajudeen
Abbas
(Male)
Political party
All Progressives Congress (APC)
Date of election
13.06.2023
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1960
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1960
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes
Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
Prior to independence, under British administration, as of 1958 suffrage was granted to some women in some particular regions. This right was extended and confirmed at independence.
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1960
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Stand for Election : Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes
Stand for Election: Additional Notes on right to stand for election
Prior to independence, under British administration, as of 1958 suffrage was granted to some women in some particular regions. This right was extended and confirmed at independence.
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1960
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
2007
Specialized body - Women's caucus
Women in parliaments committee
(June 2023)
Notes
Chair: Fatima Talba
Co-chair: EugeneDibiagwu Okechukwu
Co-chair: EugeneDibiagwu Okechukwu