Femi Gbajabiamila; and President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, at a meeting on Thursday, May 14, 2020 between the Leadership of the National Assembly and some representatives of the Executive arm of Government on the amendment of the 2020 budget.Female legislators in the National Assembly have formed a team to lobby their male colleagues for the purpose of ensuring the inclusion of women’s rights in the nation’s constitution.
She said they would speak with one voice and lobby their male colleagues to ensure that the rights of women were included in the amended 1999 Constitution. Olujimi said, “We have set up a team now from all over the geopolitical zones in the National Assembly and we will start meeting from next week to see how best we can handle the situation.