Women’s inroad to power is hazy due largely to a highly competitive political environment with an unpredictable political culture. In this light, this paper seeks to examine whether political culture undermine women’s quest for political office in Nigeria especially to the National Assembly. Nevertheless, extant literature established that scholars have written extensively on women’s inclusion in politics. The paper applied liberal theoretical explanations to the major variables of the study. Data was generated via documentary sources while content analysis was utilized for analytical discourse. The paper revealed that out of a total sum 469 seats in the National Assembly, the average percentage of elected female legislators between 2007 and 2023 is 5% and the average percentage of elected men for the same period stood at 93%, representing a worrisome disparity in the gender gap in political participation, inclusion and apathy amongst others. Despite campaign promises and assurances, our analysis revealed consistent women under-representation in the national assembly. Hence, the paper recommended that equity and fairness for women should be a top priority of the current administration. It also recommended that Civil society organizations need to rise and support or promote female representations for elective and appointive positions across government establishments.

French Missionary Dallet (1874) described that the thousand character essay has been well utilized as the textbook for the children both in Korea and in China. The thousand character essay is called as Tcheonzamun(千字文) in Korea (Han, 1583). The method in Chinese grammar is the main stream (Han, 1583). The minor method is in Korean grammar (Park et al., 2021; Kim, 2023). This study is carried out on Korean grammar. Somewhat old Tcheonzamun (Han, 1583) was taken for this work, and Chinese characters were used from this book. There are several methods for the translation of Tcheonzamun poem (Park et al., 2021; Kim, 2023). For this study, deleting method (Kim, 2023) was used. It is to delete the same or the similar part of a Chinese character between the different Chinese character on the same line. However, sometimes the deletion on the same Chinese character occurred. And the mark of [ ] shows the deletion on the same Chinese character, and the mark of ( ) indicates the deletion of the similar part. This study concerns the translation of a poem of the thousand character essay. The title of this study is ‘My husband! Are you going to make no(亠) trouble(亅) between us two(丨丨), you and me(your wife)? My husband! Please trust(心) me(your wife)(人)! (Tcheonzamun 545th-560th)’. There are repetitions of each line. It is in order to compare the original one and the deleted one. <Number in Tcheonzamun. Chinese character (Pronunciation shown in Korean language on English alphabet)>. 545-548 桓(Hwan) 公(Gong) 匡(Kwang) 合(Hap). 545-548 桓(Hwan)-三-口-丨=小. 公(Gong)-八=厶. 匡(Kwang)-三-丨=乙. 合(Hap)-口-人(八)=一. My husband! Are you going to treat me (your wife) (厶) as the wonderful Madame(小)? At first, you(my husband) (一) must become to be the gentle man like the noble bird(乙)! 549-552 濟(Ze) 弱(Yag) 扶(Bu) 傾(Gyeong). 549-552 濟(Ze)-[刀-丁(刀)]-K-亠-二-丨丨=氵. 弱(Yag)-二-[弓-弓]=二. 扶(Bu)-二-人=扌. 傾(Gyeong)-亻-匕(K)-ㅜ(亠)-二-人(丨丨)=口. My husband! Do you want that we, the wife(me) and the husband(you)(二), are going to be nothing(氵)? It is easy. Please protect(扌) me(your wife) to talk(口) freely, then, our relation will be destructed. 553-556(1) 綺(Ki) 回(Hoe) 漢(Han) 惠(Hye). 553-556(1) 綺(Ki)-幺-彡-亠-小-口=亅. 回(Hoe)-口-二=丨丨. 漢(Han)-氵(彡)-[十-十]-三(小)-口=人. 惠(Hye)-口-二-厶(幺)-╎(亠)=心. My husband! Are you going to make the mind of us two(丨丨), you and me(your wife), to be united together(亅)? Please give your heart(心) to me(your wife) (人)! 553-556(2) 綺(Ki) 回(Hoe) 漢(Han) 惠(Hye). 553-556(2) 綺(Ki)-幺-彡-小-口=亠亅. 回(Hoe)-口-二=丨丨. 漢(Han)-氵(彡)-[十-十]-三(小)-口=人. 惠(Hye)-口-二-亠丶(幺)=心. My husband! Are you going to make no(亠) trouble(亅) between us two(丨丨), you and me(your wife)? My husband! Please trust(心) me(your wife)(人)! 557-560 說(Seol) 感(Gam) 武(Mu) 丁(Zeong). 557-560 說(Seol)-一口-一-亠=兌. 感(Gam)-弋-一口-[丿-丿]=心. 武(Mu)-弋-一-亠=丨一. 丁(Zeong). My husband! Do you want to make me(your wife)(心) happy(兌)? My husband(丁)! It will be possible when you are grand(一) and right(丨).

French Missionary Dallet (1874) wrote in his book that the thousand-character essay has been long time used for their children for Chinese characters, the period comes up to the Tchin(秦) country who was ruined around BC 200. The thousand-character essay is called as Tcheonzamun(千字文) in Korea (Han, 1583), and the book has been widely used in Korea. The main stream of translation of Tcheonzamun has been on Chinese grammar (Han, 1583). However, several recent researchers has tried to translate the Tcheonzamun poem on Korean grammar (Park et al., 2021; Kim, 2023). The present study is carried out on Korea grammar. There are three methods for Tcheonzamun translation on Korean grammar. The first one is on the basis of meaning of Chinese characters on Tcheonzamun (Park et al., 2021). The second one is through Korean pronunciation of Chinese character (Kim, 2023). And the third method is through the deletion of part(s) of Chinese character, and it might be called as the analyze of Chinese character (Kim, 2023). The present study will be done on the deleting method. The range of the poem is of sixteen letters of (Tcheonzamun 561st-576th). And the somewhat old Tcheonzamun book was used for the present study (Han, 1583). The mark of [ ] shows the deletion on the same Chinese character. The mark of ( ) indicates the deletion of similar parts on the different Chinese characters on the same line of four letters. This work concerns the translation of the Tcheonzamun poem (Tcheonzamun 561st-576th). The title of this study is ‘My husband! Even though you are the inferior person (丶), do you want to become the superior one (俊)? My husband! Please, live (宀) with the intelligent woman (丿) like me(your wife)! (俊(Zun) 乂(Ye) 密(Mil) 勿(Mul)) (Tcheonzamun 561st-576th)’. There are two repetitions for each line. It is in order to compare the deleted Chinese characters with the original one. <Number in Tcheonzamun. Chinese character (Pronunciation shown in Korean language on English alphabet)>. 561-564 俊(Zun) 乂(Ye) 密(Mil) 勿(Mul). 561-564 俊(Zun). 乂(Ye)-丿=丶. 密(Mil)-[乂-乂]-丿-山=宀. 勿(Mul)-巾(山)=丿. My husband! Even though you are the inferior person (丶), do you want to become the superior one (俊)? My husband! Please, live (宀) with the intelligent woman (丿) like me(your wife)! It is not the history of other people. It is but the appearance of our history; Augustin and Hyeonhi! 565-568 多(Da) 士(Sa) 寔(Sig) 寧(Lyeong). 565-568 多(Da). 士(Sa)-一=十. 寔(Sig)-宀-日一-丁-丶(一)=丿. 寧(Lyeong)-宀-罒(日一)-丁=心. My husband! Do you want me(your wife) to be able to do (多) work ten times(十)? My husband! Please, make my heart (心) in higher (丿) condition! 569-572 晋(Zin) 楚(Tcho) 更(Gaeng) 覇(Pae). 569-572 晋(Zin)-[一-一]-日=口口. 楚(Tcho)-[木-木]-丶=乙. 更(Gaeng)-一(丶)-日=人. 覇(Pae). My husband! Are you (人) going to be the person of brilliance (覇)? Let us together (口), you and me(your wife), say (口) in the joyful attitude like the bird (乙)! 573-576 趙(Dyo) 魏(Wi) 困(Gon) 橫(Hoeng). 573-576 趙(Dyo). 魏(Wi)-田儿-木-丿=女厶. 困(Gon)-木=口. 橫(Hoeng)-田八(田儿)-[十-十]-一(丿)=木. My husband! Do you want me (your young (厶) wife (女)) to flee swiftly (趙) far from you? My husband! It is very simple. Please, stop (木) your young wife from saying freely (口)!

French Missionary Dallet (1874) introduced the great book in Asia, the thousand character essay, to the Western world. The thousand character essay is called in Korea as Tcheonzamun (Han, 1583). There are two ways of translation for Tcheonzamun. One is on the Chinese grammar (Han, 1583). The other is upon the Korea grammar (Park et al., 2021; Kim, 2023). The difference of language grammar between the two countries is so great that the result of translation does not coincide. The present translating work will be carried out on the Korean grammar. There are several methods for Tcheonzamun translation on Korean grammar. The third one, the method utilized on the present work, is on the basis of Korean pronunciation of Chinese characters on Tcheonzamun (Kim, 2023). The range of this work is 16 letters of (Tcheonzamun 529th-544th). This work was done upon the Korean pronunciation of Chinese character on Tcheonzamun poem (Kim, 2023). The title of this study is ‘Oh you, the ungraceful woman (Eo-i!), “Look at my agony (Bo-ge) occurred by you about my husband!” (Tcheonzamun 529th-544th)’. <Number in Tcheonzamun. Chinese character (Pronunciation in Korean language). Modified pronunciation of Chinese character on Korean language in Korean alphabet. Modified pronunciation of Chinese character on Korean language in English alphabet >. The wife scolded the woman who has been with her husband. 529-532 磻(Ban) 溪(Gye) 伊(I) 尹(Yun). “보게 어이!” Bo-ge Eo-i! Oh you, the ungraceful woman (Eo-i!), “Look at my agony (Bo-ge) occurred by you about my husband!” 533-536 佐(Zoa) 時(Si) 阿(A) 衡(Hyeong). “저것이 아니여!” Zeo-geos-i A-ni-yeo! Oh you, the woman, “It is not (A-ni-yeo!) the way! ( Zeo-geos-i)” 537-540 奄(Eom) 宅(Daeg) 曲(Gog) 阜(Bu). “어따 고집 부려!” Eo-dda Gozib-buryo! Oh you, the ungraceful woman, “What (Eo-dda) a stubborn woman (Gozib-buryo!) you are!” 541-544 微(Mi) 旦(Dan) 孰(Sug) 營(Yeong). “몸 모두 숙여!” Mom mo-du Sug-yeo! Oh you, “Bend down (Sug-yeo!) all your body (Mom mo-du) including your head in order to apologize!”.

French Missionary Dallet (1874) wrote in his book that the thousand character essay has been utilized long time for Chinese character both for Chinese children and for Korean children. The thousand character essay is called as Tcheonzamun(千字文) in Korea (Han, 1583). In the present study, the poem of (Tcheonzamun 609th-624th) was translated in the viewpoint of marriage life between the husband and the wife. However, depending on the present translation of the Tcheonzamun poem, the marriage life did not seem to be happy. Recently, several researchers tried to translate Tcheonzamun poem of 16 Chinese characters on Korean grammar (Park et al., 2021; Kim, 2023). The first translating method is through Korean pronunciation of Chinese character (Kim, 2023). The second translating method is on the meaning of Chinese character on Tcheonzamun (Park et al., 2021). The third one is on the deleting of part(s) of Chinese character (Kim, 2023). The present method is on the Korean pronunciation of Chinese characters on Tcheonzamun (Kim, 2023). The somewhat old Tcheonzamun book (Han, 1583) was used for the present study. And the range of this study is of (Tcheonzamun 609th-624th). On the present study, the Tcheonzamun poem of (Tcheonzamun 609th-624th) was translated. The title of this study is ‘You are the wicked woman (Ag-zong Han-te!) to me and to my husband! You have done such a wrong thing to us! Me (her wife) also, I will do to you the unhappy thing! (嶽(Ag) 宗(Zong) 恒(Hang) 岱(Di)) (Tcheonzamun 609th-624th)’. <Number in Tcheonzamun. Chinese character (Pronunciation in Korean language). Modified pronunciation of Chinese character on Korean language in Korean alphabet. Modified pronunciation of Chinese character on Korean language in English alphabet >. Her husband has not been faithful to his sincere wife! The husband liked another woman except for his wife. Now, the wife said roughly to the woman whom her husband liked for a while on the unjust method. 609-612 九(Ku) 州(Zyu) 禹(Wu) 跡(Zyeog). “어쭈 웃어!” Eo-zu Wuz-eo! You are the woman wicked to our marriage life! However (Eo-zu), you are laughing now! (Wuz-eo!) 613-616 百(Baeg) 郡(Gun) 秦(Zin) 幷(Byeong). “밟고 비벼!” Bab-go Bi-byeo! You are the terrible woman to us, to my husband and to me! I want even to step upon you (Bab-go) and I wish even to rub my feet (Bi-byeo!) on you! 617-620 嶽(Ag) 宗(Zong) 恒(Hang) 岱(Di). “악종한테!” Ag-zong Han-te! You are the wicked woman (Ag-zong Han-te!) to me and to my husband! You have done such a wrong thing to us! Me (her wife) also, I will do to you the unhappy thing! 621-624 禪(Syeon) 主(Zyu) 云(Wun) 亭(Dyeong). “해주우제!” Hae-zu wu-ze! You are the unfortunate woman, to my husband and to her wife (me), you have done such those unhappy things to me and to my husband! I will do the severe recompense to you! (Hae-zu wu-ze!).

French Missionary Dallet (1874) wrote in his book that the thousand character essay has been used very long time as a textbook for the children both in China and in Korea for Chinese characters. The thousand character essay is called as Tcheonzamun (千字文) in Korea (Han, 1583). Tcheonzamun itself means the thousand(千) character(字) essay(文). Recently, several researchers translated the Tcheonzamun poem on the base of Korean grammar (Park et al., 2021; Kim, 2023). The range of this study is sixteen Chinese characters of (Tcheonzamun 593rd-608th). Kim (2023) translated the Tcheonzamun poem through Korean pronunciation of Chinese characters on Tcheonzamun. The present researchers used the same method of Kim (2023). The modified pronunciation of Chinese character on Korean language was utilized for the present translation. Somewhat old Tcheonzamun book (Han, 1583) was used for the present study. The title of this study is ‘Oh! My Lord! I say to my husband “Please, remove the praying mantis! (Tchi-weo!) Or you will be greatly hurt! (Da-tcheo!)” ((馳(Tchi) 譽(Ye) 丹(Dan) 靑(Tcheong)) (Tcheonzamun 593rd-608th)’. <Number in Tcheonzamun. Chinese character (Pronunciation in Korean language). Modified pronunciation of Chinese character on Korean language in Korean alphabet. Modified pronunciation of Chinese character on Korean language in English alphabet >. 593-596 起(Gi) 翦(Zeon) 頗(Pa) 牧(Mog). “그저 파먹어!” Geu-zeo Pa-meog-eo! My husband! The woman whom you liked is not your wife. The terrible woman like the praying mantis, she will do the sole action (Geu-zeo) of destroying you! (Pa-meog-eo!) 597-600 用(Yong) 軍(Kun) 最(Tchoe) 精(Zeong). “용쿤! 쥐어줘!” Yong-kun! Ziweo-zweo! My wife! No! It is the interesting thing! (Yong-kun!) My wife! Give me in my hands (Ziweo-zweo!) the praying mantis! 601-604 宣(Seon) 威(Wi) 沙(Sa) 漠(Mag). “손위 사마귀!” Son-wi Sa-ma-gwi! My wife! It is the praying mantis (Sa-ma-gwi!) in my hands! (Son-wi). 605-608 馳(Tchi) 譽(Ye) 丹(Dan) 靑(Tcheong). “치워! 다쳐!” Tchi-weo! Da-tcheo! Oh! My Lord! I say to my husband “Please, remove the praying mantis! (Tchi-weo!) Or you will be greatly hurt! (Da-tcheo!)” Here, the praying mantis indicates the woman whom her husband once liked.

French Missionary Dallet (1874) wrote in his book that the thousand character essay has been utilized as the textbook for the Chinese and the Korean children for Chinese characters. The thousand character essay is called in Korea as Tcheonzamun (Han, 1583). The main stream of Tcheonzamun translation is on Chinese grammar (Han, 1583). However, in minor stream, several researchers tried to do the work on Korean grammar (Park et al., 2021; Kim, 2023). On the present study, the Tcheonzamun translation will be done on the method of Korean grammar (Kim, 2023). Somewhat old Tcheonzamun book (Han, 1583) was used in the present study. Recently, several researchers tried to translate Tcheonzamun poem on the method based on Korean grammar (Park et al., 2021; Kim, 2023). On the present study, the Tcheonzamun poem was translated on Korean pronunciation of Chinese character on Tcheonzamun (Kim, 2023). The range of the present work is of (Tcheonzamun 625th-640th). This work concerns the translation Tcheonzamun poem through Korean pronunciation of Chinese character on Tcheonzamun. The title of this study is ‘You, please, do live your own life (Ga-se!) on the better and right (Kod-i) way! (昆(Kon) 池(Di) 碣(Gal) 石(Syeog)) (Tcheonzamun 625th-640th)’. <Number in Tcheonzamun. Chinese character (Pronunciation in Korean language). Modified pronunciation of Chinese character on Korean language in Korean alphabet. Modified pronunciation of Chinese character on Korean language in English alphabet >. There are three translations for the line of (629-632 鷄(Kye) 田(Zeon) 赤(Zeog) 城(Syeong)). Now, the wife is not happy with the woman whom her husband ever loved unlawfully. And the wife scolds the woman strictly as will be shown below. 625-628 雁(An) 門(Mun) 紫(Za) 塞(Saeg). “아무 자식!” A-mu Za-sig! Oh, you are the unfaithful woman! You have loved any (A-mu) man (Za-sig!) without any regular or normal way, 629-632(1) 鷄(Kye) 田(Zeon) 赤(Zeog) 城(Syeong). “계집에서!” Kye-zib-e-seo! You are such an unfaithful woman! (Kye-zib-e-seo!) 629-632(2) 鷄(Kye) 田(Zeon) 赤(Zeog) 城(Syeong). “거짓에서!” Keo-zis-e-seo! You are the liar. From such a falsehood! (Keo-zis-e-seo!), 629-632(3) 鷄(Kye) 田(Zeon) 赤(Zeog) 城(Syeong). “그 짓에서!” Keu-zis-e-seo! Oh, you the unfavorable woman! From such a terrible thing (Keu-zis-e-seo!) as you have done to my husband, 633-636 昆(Kon) 池(Di) 碣(Gal) 石(Syeog). “곧이 가세! Kod-i Ga-se! You, please, do live your own life (Ga-se!) on the better and right (Kod-i) way! 637-640 鉅(Keo) 野(Ya) 洞(Dong) 庭(Dyeong). “어화 둥둥!” Eo-hwa Dung-dung! You, the unfavorable woman! At that time, you can manage your own life on the happier (Eo-hwa) and joyful way! (Dung-dung!).