This paper appraised Nigeria’s Implementation of the National Policy of 35% Affirmative Action for Women from 1999-2016. The objective of the study is to examine the extent to which the 35% Affirmative Action for Women has been realized in Nigeria taking due cognizance of how poverty and literacy rates affect women political participation in the country. In the light of the feminist theory and with the aid of content analysis techniques, it is observed that the 35% Affirmative Action for women has not be realized in Nigeria because of high poverty rate and low literacy rate among women as well as non-application of compulsory party-based implementation strategies. It is argued that even poverty reduction and improvement of literacy rate among women may not always guarantee the realization of the 35% affirmative action without compulsory part-based enforcement strategies. It is therefore recommended that realizing the 35% Affirmative Action for Women in Nigeria requires not just poverty reduction and enhancing literacy rate among women but also effective application of compulsory party-based implementation strategies.
