The TOS Foundation has launched the 469-Tracker, a civic-tech tool designed to help Nigerians monitor lawmakers’ positions on the Reserved Seats for Women Bill, a proposed legislation seeking to boost women’s representation in government at all levels.
Unveiling the platform in Abuja, the Founder of the TOS Foundation, Osasu Igbinedion Ogwuche, said the initiative aims to make political accountability more transparent and accessible to citizens, particularly women and young people.
Ogwuche said, “With the 469 Tracker, we’re using technology and storytelling to make legislative accountability simple and accessible to our digital generation. 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 the creation of 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, to ensure that women’s voices are meaningfully represented in lawmaking.
The founder described the platform as “a step toward a more open and participatory democracy,” adding that it would enable citizens to engage constructively with their representatives and hold them accountable for their legislative decisions.
