Facts & figures
Nigerian women are missing from political office
Statistics on women’s performance in some elective and appointive positions in Nigeria between 1999 – 2006
| Office Type | No Available | 1999 | 2003 | 2006 | |||
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | ||
| President | 1 | 1 | Nil | 1 | Nil | 1 | Nil |
| Vice President | 1 | 1 | Nil | 1 | Nil | 1 | Nil |
| Senate | 109 | 106 | 3 | 106 | 3 | 105 | 4 |
| House of Representatives | 360 | 348 | 12 | 339 | 21 | 340 | 20 |
| Senate President | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Speaker House of Representative | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Governors | 36 | 36 | Nil | 36 | Nil | 36 | Nil |
| Deputy Governors | 36 | 35 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 32 | 4 |
| State Houses of Assembly | 1,002 | 990 | 12 | 979 | 23 | 981 | 21 |
| Speakers, State Houses of Assembly | 36 | 35 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 35 | 1 |
| Deputy Speakers, State Houses of Assembly | 36 | 36 | Nil | 35 | 1 | 35 | 1 |
| Cabinet Ministers | 49 | 45 | 4 | 43 | 6 | 39 | 10 |
Excerpt from Federal Ministry of Womens Affairs on Implementation of a Solemn Declaration of Gender Equuality in Africa