Nigeria, Nov. 4 -- Ginika Tor, a federal commissioner at the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, has said the proposed reserved legislative seats for women would address years of marginalisation and improve women's representation in Nigeria's legislature.

The proposal seeks to create 74 additional seats in the National Assembly and 108 seats across the 36 state Houses of Assembly, exclusively for women.

Speaking on TVC's Beyond the Headlines, Ms Tor said the current number of women in elective legislative positions was inadequate and fell short of the 35 per cent affirmative action target.

She said Nigeria currently has only four female senators and about 16 female members of the House of Representatives out of 469 lawmake...