Adamawa APC Women Protest Exclusion of Female Candidates from House of Assembly Election

Leaders of the Adamawa Women in Politics, the National Council of Women Societies, and the Special Reserved Seats for Women groups have accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of excluding women from the candidate list for the State House of Assembly.

Speaking to reporters in Yola, the women leaders said that the exclusion of six women who had contested for assembly seats from various constituencies is unacceptable.

Comfort Ibrahim, Coordinator of Adamawa State Women in Politics, expressed dismay over the outcome of the APC primary for the assembly, lamenting that no woman was among the candidates, a situation she said is worse than the current Assembly, which has only one female member.

“We have one female lawmaker at the assembly now and hoped for more women but the reverse is the case as no single woman emerged as a candidate among those who contested in the APC primary,” Comfort Ibrahim said.

According to her, the development is a sad setback to the collective aspirations for inclusive governance, democratic fairness, and gender‑balance representation.

She added that the absence of female candidates raises concerns about the commitment of democracy to gender equity, fairness, and the democratic principle of equal representation, as the interests of women may not be adequately represented in legislative deliberations.

Daily Post reports that doubt hangs around the Adamawa State House of Assembly primary of the APC, as results have not been officially released to date.

Efforts to obtain an update from the APC on the primary have repeatedly failed to yield any result, but the women groups insist they know that no woman will be announced as a candidate.

The Adamawa State House of Assembly has 25 members, meaning that the APC, like all participating parties, is expected to field a maximum of 25 candidates for the general election.