00:00Nigeria's 2027 National Assembly elections will feature 4,408 candidates competing for 469 seats.
00:12But the gender gap remains stuck.
00:14Only 443 candidates are women, representing just 10.1% of the total field.
00:22So men account for 3,965 candidates, equivalently 89.9%.
00:30That means that for every woman contesting the National Assembly seat, there are almost 9 men.
00:37Put another way, only about 1 in every 10 candidates is a woman.
00:41So while women are contesting, the numbers show that they remain significantly underrepresented in the 2027 National Assembly race.
