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Nigeria’s Economy Paying For Excluding Women – Gatefield

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New analysis from NarratEQ, Gatefield’s gender equality insights hub launched this week, reveals that Nigeria’s low representation of women in political leadership is costing the country economically.

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During the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan (2010–2015), when women held 31% of cabinet positions, Nigeria’s economy experienced sustained GDP growth of 6–7%, reaching its largest size in history.

Under successive administrations where women’s representation dropped to 8.8%, economic growth slowed, reflecting a global pattern where higher women’s participation in leadership correlates with stronger economic outcomes.

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Nigeria ranks 180th out of 190 countries globally in women’s political representation, with only 3.9% of senators and 8.8% of current cabinet positions held by women, the lowest among major African economies.

Compared to countries like Rwanda which maintains a global lead of 61% women in parliament, and South Africa, averaging 45% women’s representation in both parliament and cabinet, Nigeria has moved backwards, from 31% cabinet representation to 8.8% under current leadership, defying both its national policy mandate of 35% representation and a global trend toward greater inclusion.

The data also exposes cultural resistance underlying these numbers: while 64% of Nigerians express comfort with women as corporate leaders, only 50% feel the same about women in political leadership. This perception gap reinforces structural exclusion even when policies exist on paper.

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These findings mark the debut of NarratEQ, a first-of-its-kind gender data hub developed by Gatefield, a leading public strategy and advocacy group, to make gender equality insights accessible, visual, and actionable.

The platform consolidates verified data across six sectors: political leadership, economic empowerment, health, education, care economy, and corporate representation.

The platform delivers monthly insights, story starters, and downloadable quality-scored datasets for journalists, policymakers, and researchers.

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