Umar, Elems MahmoudYusuf, Abdullahi OgwuzebeBege, Yahaya Ahmed2023-12-112023-12-112020-06-06National ICT Policy (2012). National ICT Draft Policy, Abuja, Ministerial Committee on ICT Policy Harmonization, NeGST, January. Nicodemus, O. (2017). Appraising Nigeria’s implementation of the national policy of 35per cent Affirmative Action for Women, Paper presented at Ebonyi State University, Department of Public Administration. Nnaji, I. (2015). The role of private sector in presenting young entrepreneurship in Nigeria, Elsevier Science 17(9) Nussbaum, M. (2003). Women’s education: A global challenge sign, Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 29(2) Nwankwo, O. (2015). Achieving 35% Affirmative Action for women in Nigeria, Civil Resource Development and Documentation Centre. Nwekeaku, C.E (2014), Public administration: Principles and theory, Abuja, Nigeria, Ogunmileye Press Ltd. Odejide, A. (2009). Women in management in high education in Nigeria, Paper presented at seminar on managing gender change in higher education in selected common wealth countries, Johannesburg, South Africa. Odera, G.I. (2003). The education of women in developing countries, Makurdi, Nigeria, Osuman and Co. Publishers.https://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/2316The objective of this study is to enquire into the nature and causes of the observed implementation failure of Affirmative Policy at the local government tier in Nigeria, given the importance of the policy in gender balancing. Goaded by the persistent unequal underemployment in labour market and politics, ascribable to socio-cultural prejudices, women embarked on various programmes aimed at redressing the anti-gender disequilibrium, through Women’s Charter of Demand or Affirmative Action. The resultant policy: Gender Policy 2006, enunciated by the Federal Government of Nigeria, was therefore aimed at mainstreaming women into public sector establishments by reserving, at least 35per cent of all available offices for women. Overseas, in Canada, China, Malaysia, United Kingdom, USA, et cetera, Affirmative Programmes had been initiated for the realization of women’s equality. In the study, survey method was adopted where 100 local government councils were purposively selected from the 6 geopolitical zones of Nigeria; and a questionnaire administered to gather the required data; analysed using percentage statistical tool, as is widely applicable in researches in Social and Management Sciences. Oral interviews were also held with some council chairpersons, to clarify ambiguities. The major findings of this study included councils’ pervasive unawareness, or ignorance of the existence and operation of the Affirmative Policy; and unwillingness to implement the policy, if compliance was optional, due to conservatism. It was thus recommended that, among others, the Federal Government of Nigeria should establish and institutionalize a mechanism for educating local government councils on new policies. Furthermore, legislative sanction against defaulting council managements for nonimplementation of Affirmative Policy should be promulgated, to compel attitudinal change, as espoused by Modernization Theory, adopted in this study.enAffirmative Policy, Domesticity, Inequality, Local Government Tier,WomenMarginalizationArticle