RESERVED SEATS BILL – FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 

Currently, the Senate consists of 109 Senators, three from each state and one from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The bill proposes one additional Senator for each state and the FCT, with each woman contesting this Reserved Seat for Women representing her entire state. The House of Representatives comprises 360 members. This bill proposes one additional female member for each state and the FCT, with each woman contesting the Reserved Seat for Women representing her entire state

Revolts, Riots  and Protests- Historical Repeats versus Rhetorics

‘I wish to tell you what made the women move about and remain here for about five days. We do not want women to pay tax and we want the tax on men to be abolished- 129th witness, Oguta, Aba Commission of Inquiry Notes of Evidence, 1930, 278.