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Court orders FG to implement policy reserving 35% of public offices for women
The federal high court in Abuja has ordered the federal government to implement its 35 percent affirmative action policy on public service positions.
Donatus Okorowo, the presiding judge, said this while delivering judgment on Wednesday in a suit filed by some women groups challenging the “marginalisation” of women by the federal government.
The plaintiffs in the suit include the Incorporated Trustees of Nigerian Women Trust Fund, Women Empowerment and Legal Aid and Centre for Democracy and Development (West Africa.)
Others are Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre, Vision Spring Initiative and Women in Politics Forum.
The president and Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, were listed as defendants in the suit marked FHC/ABC/CS/1006/2020.
The groups had sought the order of the court to ensure the 35 percent affirmative action policy of the federal government as contained in the National Gender Policy, 2006.
The policy, which was approved by the federal executive council (FEC) in 2006, provides that 35 percent of public offices be reserved for women.
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