A non-governmental organization, ElectHer, has called for more female electoral officers and female security officers to be deployed for elections in order to boost the confidence of women in their participation in the electoral process.
The group explained that female voters often feel intimidated by a male-dominated security presence during elections.
While presenting the pre-assessment analysis for the Ondo State off-cycle election, the Chief Executive Officer of the organization, Ibironke Faborode, revealed that since 1999, women’s political participation in Ondo State has remained limited.
During the presentation held in Akure, the state capital on Friday Faborode stated that “this election cycle illustrates these barriers, with zero percent female representation in the governorship race and a mere 5.9 percent for deputy governorship candidates, down from 17.7 percent in the previous elections and 14.3 percent in 2016.
On his part, the Head of Programmes of the…