THE IMPACT OF GENDER INEQUALITY ON GOVERNMENT IN BAUCHI METROPOLIS BAUCHI STATE NIGERIA

This study investigates the factors that limits women participation in governance and the reason why gender inequality predominates the Nigerian politics. Major factors identified for the exclusion of women and inequality in Bauchi metropolis in particular and North East Nigeria in general are; economic power, culture, religious believes, and limited political representation. the study employed interview as the primary source of data as well as documents as secondary sources as method of data collection. the study revealed that; the patriarchal system and male domination of the society, which relegate women to subordinate role, has created inferiority complex and alienated them from governance and the mainstream politics in Bauchi metropolis and beyond. The Nigerian political culture of thuggery and gangsterism has made the political terrain too dangerous for most women to venture in to mainstream politics, therefore limit their participation in governance. beside the stigmatization of women politicians be fellow women discourages the political participation of the former while religious believes and institutional arrangement that restricted women to family responsibilities in Bauchi coupled with lack genuine and decisive affirmative action to encourage women political participation, have created a legacy that limit women political participation in governance as a whole. consequently, the study emphasizes the need to address those factors that entrenched women subordination in Nigerian politics. These include; among others, the reformation pf the political system, restructuring the political landscape and review of laws and practices that perpetuate women subordination in politics and the explicit specifications and modalities of affirmative action’s on women political participation in governance and clear guidelines for implementations in the Nigerian political landscape and constitution.