{"id":2603,"date":"2017-11-18T05:06:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T05:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=2603"},"modified":"2017-11-18T05:08:26","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T05:08:26","slug":"stop-ban-on-admission-of-female-cadets-into-nda-reps-urge-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/stop-ban-on-admission-of-female-cadets-into-nda-reps-urge-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop \u2018ban\u2019 on admission of female cadets into NDA &#8211; Reps urge Military"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-860x800 wp-post-image\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;border: 2px solid #f9f9f9;font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-size: 14px;font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;vertical-align: baseline;float: none;width: 815px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.premiumtimesng.com\/wp-content\/files\/2016\/11\/House-of-Reps1.jpeg?fit=720%2C483&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"House of Representatives\" width=\"720\" height=\"547\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">November 17, 2017: \u00a0The House of Representatives has urged the military to halt any plan to stop female cadets admission \u00a0into the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA. According to the lawmakers,\u00a0the military should rather increase the number of female cadets admitted as records show that they excelled more than their male counterparts.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"top-middle-outer\">\n<div class=\"entry-content manoj single-add-content\">\n<div class=\"single-related\">\n<div id=\"jp-relatedposts\" class=\"jp-relatedposts\">\n<div class=\"jp-relatedposts-items jp-relatedposts-items-minimal jp-relatedposts-list \">\n<p class=\"jp-relatedposts-post jp-relatedposts-post4\">Hon Omosede Igbinedion (Edo \u2013 PDP) made the call via a motion that was adopted by the entire house. She cited Section 42(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 which prohibits discriminatory practices against any person on the basis of sex. \u00a0\u201cNigeria is a signatory to the Beijing Declaration of 1995 and the follow up summit on strengthening the Institutional Arrangements for Support of Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women, which also coincided with Agenda 113 of the 7th session of the United Nations General Assembly of 2012\u201d, the lawmaker argued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jp-relatedposts-post jp-relatedposts-post4\">However, in a statement, the director of defence information, John Enenche, denied such report saying female applicants are eligible for all the types of commission granted to their male counterparts. \u00a0But in an advertorial, the NDA said it has suspended enlistment of female cadets to its regular combatant program.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 17, 2017: \u00a0The House of Representatives has urged the military to halt any plan to stop female cadets admission \u00a0into the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA. 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