Uche Jombo Reacts To Senators Vote Against Gender Equality Bill

Yesterday members of the Nigerian Senate voted against the Gender and Equal Opportunity Bill. Uche Jombo-Rodriguez took to her Instagram page to react to this sad development. See what she wrote below;

Read through the Gender Equality bill (2011/2016) These are basic rights! Equal opportunities for men and women. Let's get this off the way 'Women Empowerment is not a threat senators' anything done to assist the Nigerian woman is done to assist Nigeria simple. How can you reject Gender equality bill? Every Senator that voted against the bill should hide in shame and the annoying part is the excuses they are giving as to why the bill is thrown out this second time. FYI there are only 8 women in the 109member Nigeria senate ...... It's amazing what women can do when we come together. Our voices MUST be heard. Download the bill online read and education yourself then speak OUT (2011 version and 2016 version )

A photo posted by Uche Jombo-Rodriguez (@uchejombo) on Mar 15, 2016 at 5:31pm PDT