New Tracker Empowers Nigerians To Monitor Lawmakers On Women Reserved Seats Bill

The TOS Foundation has launched the 469 Tracker, a civic-tech tool created to empower Nigerians to track lawmakers’ positions on the Reserved Seats for Women Bill, a proposed legislation aimed at increasing women’s representation in Parliament across all levels.

Unveiling the platform in Abuja, founder of the TOS Foundation, Osasu Igbinedion Ogwuche, said the initiative was designed to make political accountability more transparent and accessible to citizens, especially women and young people.

“With 469 Tracker, we’re using technology and storytelling to make legislative accountability simple and closer to our digital generation,” Ogwuche said. “For too long, political participation has felt distant from young people and women. This tool gives everyone at home or abroad the power to see where their representatives stand on a landmark bill that could transform inclusion in governance.”

The Reserved Seats for Women Bill proposes to create 182 women-only legislative seats – 37 in the Senate, 37 in the House of Representatives, and three in each of the 36 State Houses of Assembly ensuring that women’s voices are meaningfully represented when laws are made.

Ogwuche described the platform as “a step toward a more open and participatory democracy,” adding that it would help citizens engage constructively with their representatives and hold them accountable for their legislative choices.