West Africa: ECOWAS official slams women's exclusion from Head of State

The Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Dr. Remi Artificial, has raised the question of why women were still being excluded from the much-coveted position of Head of State and government. She noted, however that there was a higher level of political representatives of women in parliament and other public offices. The ECOWAS deputy chief scribe made the remarks recently in Abuja, Nigeria, at a Conference on "Human Development and Growth; A Strategic Approach" organized by the Better Life Program for the African Rural Women, founded by Nigeria's former First Lady Mariam Babanginda.