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Nigerian Twitter Reacts in Outrage in reaction to Senate Rejecting Gender and Equal Opportunity Bill

By Kemi Mobuse - Wednesday, March 16, 2016



A Bill aimed at elimination of discrimination against women has been turned down for a second reading at the Nigerian Senate yesterday.

This was made known via the Nigerian Senate official Twitter account and the issue has caused quite a reaction from Nigerians on Twitter who feel that the Bill was long overdue.
Speaking against the Bill, among others, were:
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The Senate put the Bill to a vote and sadly the Nays had it.

Twitter has since exploded with a lot of angry tweets from Nigerians as they can’t understand how such a fundamental Bill will be turned down. The word “Senate” is also trending right now.

See some tweets from Nigerians below:




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Even Uche Jombo, took to her instagram page and let her opinion be known;



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