Women in Nigeria: towards improved information accessibility, capacity building and constitutional development

Abstract

The Nigerian women represent a powerful, creative and credible force that must be empowered to contribute to the constitutional development of the nation. Their involvement would be tantamount to catalyzing and releasing dormant but rich potentials to the benefit of all. The paper examines information as a veritable resource for capacity building necessary for principled participation in any polity. It concludes that awareness, confidence and participation of women in constitutional development of a country are a function of information at their disposal.