Nigeria: Women Group Decries High Cost of Party Forms

29 October 2014

LAGOS Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Women Group has decried the high amount which political parties place on their forms for elective positions, saying it is an indirect way of denying women and the less privileged opportunities to contest.

According to the group, women should surmount the challenges and vie for elective posts.

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