Nigeria’s complex history has been tainted by years of military dictatorship. This period has left deep scars in Nigeria’s political transformation. This has played a decisive role in limiting social and political developments for women. Women were always under-represented in the military regimes; hence, it could be safely argued that it laid the foundation for the wide gap between men and women in today’s democratic governance.2 In some ways, this explains Nigeria’s weak democratic culture and the emergence of the gender barriers wherein women are unrepresented in power structures and decision-making. In order not to indulge in historical narratives, this paper perceives it as expedient to explore why women are not politically represented in public office since the 4th Republic