![]() Politics in Nigeria thus remains mainly a male affair ( G. ![]() The more women demand political inclusion in the Nigerian nation, the less democratic the spaces for inclusion open to women seem to become ( Quadri, 2015). The national average of women’s political participation in the country has remained 6.7% in elective and appointive offices, certainly below the global average of 22.5%, the African regional figure of 23.4%, and the West African subregional figure of 15% ( Oloyede, 2016). Gender, democracy, and development have indeed continued to compel research attention in Nigeria. Hence, the issues under study necessitate framing the work on a nation-state, for which Nigeria is the choice under purposive sampling methodology. The overarching research problem of this article borders on the nature of this relationship. ![]() References that are not necessarily chronological are accordingly made to these administrations in this article as the relationship among gender, democracy, and national development is investigated. Former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, and Goodluck Jonathan and the current President Muhammadu Buhari have led the Nigerian nation at different times of this historical division. The empirical focus of the contribution is from 1999 to 2019 (covering a period of apparent return to democracy in the country, after a prolonged era of military interval). This work is, thus, purposively focused on the Nigerian state, which typifies a location where the crises of gender identity, democracy, and national development persist. Htun further asserts that today there is widespread gender injustice across all kinds of emerging democracies (such as the Nigerian state in West Africa). The subjugation of women in the Global South is the moral challenge of this era (Kristof in Htun, 2014, p. All subjects Allied Health Cardiology & Cardiovascular Medicine Dentistry Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Endocrinology & Metabolism Environmental Science General Medicine Geriatrics Infectious Diseases Medico-legal Neurology Nursing Nutrition Obstetrics & Gynecology Oncology Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Otolaryngology Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care Pediatrics Pharmacology & Toxicology Psychiatry & Psychology Public Health Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine Radiology Research Methods & Evaluation Rheumatology Surgery Tropical Medicine Veterinary Medicine Cell Biology Clinical Biochemistry Environmental Science Life Sciences Neuroscience Pharmacology & Toxicology Biomedical Engineering Engineering & Computing Environmental Engineering Materials Science Anthropology & Archaeology Communication & Media Studies Criminology & Criminal Justice Cultural Studies Economics & Development Education Environmental Studies Ethnic Studies Family Studies Gender Studies Geography Gerontology & Aging Group Studies History Information Science Interpersonal Violence Language & Linguistics Law Management & Organization Studies Marketing & Hospitality Music Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Philosophy Politics & International Relations Psychoanalysis Psychology & Counseling Public Administration Regional Studies Religion Research Methods & Evaluation Science & Society Studies Social Work & Social Policy Sociology Special Education Urban Studies & Planning BROWSE JOURNALS
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