Professor Toyin Abe || Dr. Adewumi Akinjide Omoniyi
Volume: 12 Issue: 02, 2024
Abstract:
The paper examines the women folks and the democratic processes and their foray into the political governance of Nigeria. It further investigates how women were downplayed despite their struggles within the polity. The paper relies on both primary and secondary sources. The primary sources were based on oral interviews and archival materials. Secondary sources on the other hand, included literature such as books and newspapers. The oral interviews were recorded and transcribed for analysis. The documentary data were subjected to internal and external criticism for authentication and then to textual and contextual analysis. The researchers find out that the female gender in Ekiti politics have not achieved optimally in the government.