A new report by the International Bar Association (IBA), a global forum of lawyers, has revealed “a dearth of women” in top positions in the legal profession in Nigeria.
According to the report by the Legal Policy & Research Unit of the IBA, which focuses on gender disparity in the Nigerian legal profession, only 33 per cent of senior judges in Nigeria’s judiciary are women occupy.
The new report shared with PREMIUM TIMES in a press release on Wednesday added that only three out of the 36 Attorneys-General of the various states are women. Besides, the incumbent Attorney-General of the Federation is male, and no female has ever occupied the position.
