THE IMPACT OF WOMEN PARTICIPATION ON THE POLITICAL SYSTEM ON NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF ABIA STATE)

ABSTRACT Nigeria women has been relegated to the background of Nigeria politics in this research we set out to study the political participation of women in Abia State.  And to know why women have not been achieving involved in the process of shaping the political system.  The objectives of this research work is to find out if women are actively involved in the politics of Abia State.  And again, to find out factors responsible for how level of women participating in the politics of Abia State and the strategies to be adopted in order to ensure achieve participation of women in the politics. It is obvious that women in Nigeria have encountered a number of problems while venturing into politics. There is large scale of discriminations from the male folks, both in voting for candidates and allocating political offices.   This issue and problem of women and political participation in Nigeria is the issue of national orientation and awareness to the society at large especially to the low level awareness of the majority of the masses.  Finally government should educate the majority of people especially the women folk as majority are illiterates and had already behaved that many of them have no right in political participation and public affairs.
TABLE OF CONTENTS  Cover Page i Title Pageii Dedication iii Acknowledgement iv Abstractvi
CHAPTER ONE:  1.1Introduction 1 1.2Statement of the Problem 3 1.3Objective of the Study 4 1.4Significance of the Study 5 1.5Scope and Limitation of the Study 6 1.6Limitations7 1.7Research Questions7 1.8Clarification of Key Concepts 8
CHAPTER TWO  2.0Literature Review 9 2.1Theoretical Framework 22 2.2Women in Politics 27 2.3Women in Pre-Colonial and Post Colonial 28 2.4The Impact of Women in the Colonial Period 34 2.5The Impact of Women in Post-Colonial Nigeria 37 2.6Women in the Post Independence Era47 2.7Women in Politics48 2.8Women in Economy49 2.9Women in Agriculture 49
CHAPTER THREE 3.1Research Methodology and Design 53 3.2Research Design 53 3.3Sources of Data54 3.4Location of Study 54 3.5Population of the Study 54 3.6Sample Technique60 3.7Instrumentation 61 3.8Validity of the Instrument 62 3.9Reliability of the Study63 3..10Data Collection 65 3.11Instrument Rate Return (IRR)65
CHAPTER FOUR  4.1Data Presentation and Analysis 68
CHAPTER FIVE 5.1Summary of Findings 74 5.2Conclusion 76 5.3Recommendations77 Bibliography79 Appendix  Questionnaire