 Women from all walks of life stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly in a peaceful protest demanding an immediate passage of all the gender bills. This comes as the world marks the International Women's Day with the theme Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow. The leaders of the protest insist that women have been denied certain positions in the country for a while, calling for an affirmative action on 35% of representation in the House of Assembly and the National Assembly. No, that my name is not Bosse, we manifesto join us. I'm not Bosse, you know they're not sincere. It doesn't matter how much they smile, how wild they are. The purpose of this rally is to let the National Assembly know that the times where women are seeking permission, writing letters after all the lobbying, after all the research, after all the white paper, after all the analysis, yet they still voted no. So now we are no longer asking for permission. We no longer care about your approval. We are taking our power back because it's a power that was bestowed on us. Women's rights is human rights. And if you really care about Nigeria, you would care about the rights of women. You can't have a society where the two genders don't function to the best of their ability. How then do you appreciate and actualize the full potential of your country? You can't. Well, we're campaigning for about 35% or 40%. We have been doing this for many years now. And then we're nowhere we're supposed to be yet. All over the world women are screaming to be heard. You may want to be in charge of certain positions, but we're not allowed to do so. Whenever you come out with men to compete, you know, somehow you're always left behind or they frustrate you, they bully you, they threaten you. I just finished a election in a kitty, a governorship election where nine women and end of the day I was the only woman that contested against six men. And they only gave me one vote. I'm not upset about the one vote, but at least I started and I crossed the finished line. So more women needs to come out. We need to come out. We need to keep pushing forward until we get to the destination we want to be. What we are requesting for is that number one affirmative action, at least 35% of representation in the House of Assembling, in the Senate, in the House of Rep, even in the Executive Council, must be given to women. There are so many women in Nigeria who are capable and able to represent the women in trust. She's a woman. There are so many women in Nigeria who can feel in that position, even if only Nigerians or those who are there will look out for them. As part of activities to mark this year's International Women's Day, some women in Edo state have asked for an urgent review of the gender-related bills. These bills were recently rejected by the National Assembly. They described such a move as a dehumanization of Nigerian women and vowed to continue to push until the demand is met. Some people believe women didn't do enough in pushing for the actualization of the 35 affirmative action. In 2019, presidential and national assembly elections to the Senate and House of Representatives out of the 9-round, 12 million eligible voters, the turnout was over 67 percent, which was the highest turnout ever recorded with higher participation of women than men. Women are number one. Women are number one governor, number one president. Number one oba. So they're not supposed to reject women. Women are number one from anywhere, any nation. So, you know, women are used and depressed as that. If you even look at the House, the National Assembly, you will discover that there's no equality. The House is majorly filled up with men. And I believe that most of these men don't even believe in the women. Actually, I must say that the Nigerian women are not ready for political office in this country. I believe as we mark this international woman, this should be a clear on call for all Nigerian women to sit up, just imagine when all this blame, accusation and counteraccusation against the National Assembly that the women were being marginalized, that they were being discriminated, that they were being relegated. To me, it's on call for the day that they are supposed to mobilize themselves to the National Assembly for them to ensure that this 35% affirmative right declaration for women has been approved. That day, the whole wives of the governors, 36 states of Nigeria and some critical women stakeholders, they took a chartered flight to Dubai. Notified about fresh news updates.