The study is geared towards identifying and analyzing the contributions of women to socio-economic and political development in Nigeria with particular emphasis in Anambra State. It was carried out using both primary and secondary sources of data. The secondary source of data are employed in analyzing the key concepts while the real issues canvased were x-rayed through a survey research using simple percentage in analyzing viewpoints of related members of the society obtained through structural questionnaire. The study observed that women especially those in Anambra Central Senatorial District have contributed meaningfully to nation building in Nigeria and recommended that clear cut policy that will guide women programmes and grant them greater leverage to be part of policy formulation and implementation should be adopted.
1.1 Introduction
In this section, Women and Nation Building is discussed, with relevant and recent citations. As a prelude to other parts of this study, this chapter will discuss the background upon which this study was initiated, the statement of problems that led to this study, the aim and objectives of the study. Others are significance of the study, scope of work, research hypothesis and questions, limitation of the study and definition of terms.