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FEMALE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CHAIRMEN

2016 MIND THE GAP REPORT RANKINGS FOR FEMALE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CHAIRMEN

RANK

STATE

FEMALE POPULATION*

PROPORTION OF FEMALE MEMBERS*

Abia

48.2%

35.3%

Plateau

54.4%

23.5%

Lagos

51.4%

20%

Kwara

49.5%

18.8%

Ebonyi

48.9%

15.4%

Akwa Ibom

50.8%

12.9%

Edo

55%

11.1%

Anambra

49.5%

9.5%

Benue

55.5%

8.7%

#10

Delta

52.7%

#11

Imo

47.5%

7.4%

#12

Ekiti

47.4%

6.3%

#13

Osun

44.3%

6.1%

#14

Cross River

53.8%

5.6%

#15

Bauchi

52.7%

#15

Ogun

49.3%

#17

Adamawa

54.3%

4.8%

#18

Rivers

52.4%

4.3%

#19

Niger

51.3%

#20

Bayelsa

48%

#20

Borno

51.3%

#20

Enugu

46.2%

#20

Gombe

56%

#20

Jigawa

54.5%

#20

Kaduna

54.5%

#20

Kano

54.8%

#20

Katsina

51.4%

#20

Kebbi

54.4%

#20

Kogi

47.8%

#20

Nasarawa

52.3%

#20

Ondo

51.6%

#20

Oyo

47%

#20

Sokoto

56.2%

#20

Taraba

55.8%

#20

Yobe

57.6%

#20

Zamfara

56.7%

#20

Abuja FCT

51.3%

* - 2015 Estimates

Source:
National Bureau of Statistics
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