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RESTRICTION ON MARRIED WOMEN JOINING THE POLICE FORCE
etc
In Nigeria,
(1) A married woman cannot join the Police Force.
(2) An unmarried female Police Officer who becomes pregnant
shall be discharged from the Force.
Recently, A Bill seeking to expunge these sections of the Police
Act that are discriminatory to female officers passed Second
Reading at the Senate.
See Section 118(g) and 127 of the Police Act.
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