Anomaly or precedent?
The Nigerian state of Oyo has chosen a woman as speaker of its house of representatives. Is that a sign of politics as usual or politics as unusual?Oyo Picks First Female Speaker
The seventh Oyo State House of Assembly was formally inaugurated with a woman, Monsurat Jumoke Sunmonu from Oyo East/Oyo West constituency of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) emerging Speaker of the assembly…
Sunmonu… was an Immigration Officer and a Civil Servant… [H]er election [was] sponsored by Ibrahim Bolomope of the Accord Party and supported by Ganiu Adekunle of the ACN…
David Olaniyan of the Accord Party representing Ibadan North 1 constituency emerged the Deputy Speaker to signal a seeming alliance between the ruling ACN and the AP in the assembly.
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