 Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the popular Nigerian writer Chimamanda Diche and older career women have underscored the need to support women financially to ensure better participation in politics. For me, Noa Jeffery tells us more in this report. Elections are a very essential part of any country's political process and progress. They are very expensive for the government, electoral body and the candidates, particularly for female candidates in Nigeria. The United Nations has scored Nigeria low in the area of women participation in politics. Also, the report by the Gender Strategy and Advancement International states that women participation in Nigeria falls below the world and African continental standards. Women's female candidates in Nigeria need a lot of financial support in raising funds because of the expensive nomination forms, party fees and running a campaign office. In bridging this gap, women in successful career whisker in partnership with Chimamanda Diche organized a non-Patterson fundraising in compliance with a campaign finance law in Nigeria. We were all disappointed in 2019 at the decline of female representation at all levels of governance. The percentage of female representation is currently at a dismal 3.6 percent. The picture is not likely to be very different, to be honest, in the 2023 elections unless people like you and I come together as we are doing today to change the narrative, to change the landscape. I think that because of the challenges women face, because of the socialization women experience, that women are more likely to do things differently, women are more likely to think of consensus. For example, women are more likely to put their ego aside. But on the other hand, I do not think that the case for women is that they are better. I think the case for women political candidates and political representation is that women are food citizens. And if we want a more perfect democracy, then we should want better representation. The candidates presented their manifestos and spoke about their need for finance during the fundraising. The importance of female representation in politics also takes center stage. Women make up half the planet. So when you have a situation where women are 8 percent of representation, they're not representing society. And it's really that simple. And also women and men lead very differently. So there's the empathy that a woman brings to leadership and people talk about it. And the other flip side, if women are good enough to head companies, to head homes, to head businesses, why shouldn't they be in political leadership as well? This may just be one step. It created solutions to increase female representation and participation in Nigerian politics. Fomil Rajafi, reported for PLOS TV News.