International Women's Day 2022: Lagos Women Protest Rejection Of Gender Bill [VIDEO]

With International Women's Day in mind, some women groups have continued to protest at the National Assembly over the rejected Gender Bill by both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

The lawmakers had recently voted against creating additional seats for the female lawmakers in the National Assembly and two other gender-related bills.

The rejected proposals include Bill 35 to “provide for a special seat for women in the National and State Houses of Assembly;” Bill 36 to “expand the scope of citizenship by registration;” Bill 37 to “provide for affirmative action for women in political party administration.

The other rejected ones are Bill 38 to “provide criteria for qualification to become an indigene of a state in Nigeria;” and Bill 68 which is to give women a quota in the federal and state executive councils or ministerial and commissionership seats".

Watch the moment the women took the protest to the National Assembly below:

VIDEO: Women protest rejection of gender bills by NASS at Lagos Assembly#InternationalWomensDay #InternationalWomensDay2022 pic.twitter.com/EAgDonbzPa

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In another report, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, had on Saturday, March 5, 2022,  urged women to use the 2022 International Women’s Day to protest against the gender policy of the All Progressives Congress controlled Federal Government.

Wike gave the charge at the civic reception organised in his honour by the Ekpeye ethnic nation at St Peter Catholic School field, Ahoada, in Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state.

The governor said it was an APC-controlled National Assembly that actually rejected the five gender bills that would have give women more opportunities in the political landscape.

“I hear that on Tuesday there will be a celebration of the International Women’s Day. I ask Nigerian women, what are you celebrating? Other countries can celebrate their women, Nigeria cannot celebrate her women.

“Take that particular day and demonstrate against the APC, which has refused to recognise women in this country.

"Don’t go there and begin to dance; there is nothing to dance about until they recognise you. It is only when Nigeria recognises you that you can dance", he stated.