Group launches $10M campaign fund for women in politics

ElectHER- a non-partisan organisation, has unveiled Agender35 campaign, to get 35 women into political representation in Nigeria by 2023.

At the launch of the campaign, the group said it plans to use the $10 million non-partisan fund to provide matching funds to directly support two women to run for executive office, three women to contest senatorial seats, 15 women to run for House of Representatives seats and 15 women to run for state house of assembly seats.

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Co-founder and Executive Director of the group, Ibijoke Faborode, stated that each woman will receive a support pathway through its comprehensive four-step approach which is ‘engage, encourage, equip and enable’.

On his part, Chairman of Platform Capital Group, Akintoye Akindele, said it would contribute $2 million to support the Agender35 campaign, adding that the company’s obsession with changing the African narrative is holistic and not limited to business.