*Several Nigerian women for the fifth consecutive day, gathered Thursday morning at the National Assembly, demanding that lawmakers overturn their earlier decision on rejection of five gender bills in the process of amendment of the 1999 Constitution

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Nigerian women have continued to display a banner stating their demands during their protest at the gate of the National Assembly (NASS), in Abuja, FCT.

ConsumerConnect reports the several women under various interest groups Thursday, March 10, 2022, continued their protests at the gate of the Federal Legislature.

The women, for the fifth day, gathered early morning at the National Assembly demanding that lawmakers overturn their decision over rejection of five gender bills in the process of amending the 1999 Constitution.

The NASS Complex, Abuja

The protest by the women drawn from various groups started on Wednesday, March 2, and members of the House of Representatives in reaction to their demands, on Tuesday, March 8, rescinded their decision on three of the gender bills.

The protesting women, however, continued the protest demanding the members of the Senate join their House of Representatives in re-visiting the bills.

They also want approval for all the five gender bills.

Among other demands, the women want specific seats in the National Assembly, indigeneship of their husband’s state after five years of being together, and 35 percent affirmative action for women.

They insist that they will continue to picket the gate of the National Assembly till all their demands are met.

The women as well threatened to vote out the lawmakers who voted against women in the constitutional review.

Popular activist, Aisha Yesufu and other women leaders during the protest at the gate of the National Assembly on Thursday, March 10, 2022.

They demand that the voting pattern for those bills be released to them so they can mobilse women at all levels of government to vote out the lawmakers who they say took a stand against Nigerian women at the constitutional review.

The groups gathered for the protest include the United Nations Population Fund (UNPF), Federation of Muslim Women Association (FOMWA), Women Organisation for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN), Association of Women in the Arts (AWITA), Women In Business (WIMBIZ), Action Aid, Yiaga Africa, the Islamic Youth League, among others.