The Senate has rejected a bill seeking to empower women politically and economically, as well as grant them equal opportunities with men in diverse human endeavours.
The bill was sponsored by the Senate Minority Whip, Senator Biodun Olujimi (PDP, Ekiti South).
It was entitled, “A bill for an Act to
Incorporate and enforce certain provisions of the United Nations
Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against
women, the Protocol of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights
on the rights of women in Africa, and other matters connected therewith,
2016 (SB. 116).
Those who opposed the bill argued that
most of its provisions were in conflict with the 1999 Constitution of
Nigeria, the same reason given by lawmakers in the Seventh Senate, when
similar bill was also rejected.
The proposal, which was scheduled to
pass second reading, initially received the support of some senators but
suddenly suffered a setback and finally died on the floor of the
Chamber as the debate progressed.
The argument of those who opposed it was that it will contradict the provisions of the Sharia Court of Appeal
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