Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- Only three women were included among the 76 persons listed to attend the inaugural All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council meeting scheduled for Tuesday in Abuja.

The meeting, according to an internal memorandum dated 18 October and signed by the council's Secretary, Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, is scheduled for 2 p.m. at the Presidential Campaign Council headquarters on Herbert Macaulay Way, Central Business District, Abuja.

Of the 76 names reviewed, 73 are men, and three are women, representing approximately 3.9 per cent female representation.

Only women playing the role of a secretary were invited to the top-level political mobilisation meeting.

The three women are Zainab Marwa, Sec...