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Friday,
November 08, 2019 / 4:00 PM /
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The Wife of
the Ekiti State Governor Erelu Bisi Fayemi has made a strong call for Nigeria
to improve its global ranking on Gender issues.
She cited the
2014 World Economic Forum, WEF, that showed Nigeria ranks 117 of 177
countries in the world on gender gap issues.
The First Lady
OF Ekiti State Erelu Bisi Fayemi disclosed this as the keynote speaker at the
18th annual edition of the Women In Management, Business & Public
Service, WIMBIZ in Lagos.
Speaking on the theme "Shaping The Future: Strategizing to Win" Erelu Fayemi decried the fact that
Nigeria is still among the countries with a wide gender gap.
She also noted that 60% of
the 13m out-of-school children in Nigeria are girls, and key steps have to be
taken to address the gender inequality in the educational system.
Fayemi listed the
following as strategies Nigerian women must deploy for winning;
She also
made a strong case for an enabling environment for women to have access to
finance, so they can grow their businesses, earn income and support their
families.
The First Lady of
Ekiti State also charged the younger generation to ask probing questions that
motivate women to rise and accomplish great things.
According to her, women have the power to shape the future of the nation across all sectors.
In her opening remarks, the Chairperson of the WIMBIZ Executive Council Mrs. OlubunmiAboderin-Talabi said the organization has over the years been empowering and advocating for greater representation of women in leadership positions; both in the public and private sectors.
Aboderin-Talabi also
informed the delegates that the WIMBIZ platform served as an avenue for women
to contribute to nation-building.
She
said the conference was an opportunity for delegates to learn how to develop
winning strategies, secure their seats at the table, discover the essence of
collaborating to win, rising above the impostor syndrome.
The conference chairperson
Honorable Justice Rose Ukeje, OFR, Chief Judge, Federal High Court of Nigeria
(2001-2008) tasked women to be diligent in their profession, giving the example
of how she defied the odds to attain the position of the first-ever female
Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, through hard work and dedication.
Justice Ukeje also
outlined strategies that women must deploy in achieving their life aspirations;
She cautioned women
against working in silos and urged them to use the WIMBIZ platform as an avenue
to deepen collaboration and improve gender inclusion in the nation.
The conference was
organized to elevate the profile and influence of women and their contribution
to nation-building.
Women in conventional paid
employment or entrepreneurs were in attendance to meet and connect with other
professional career women.
The event featured
debates, plenary sessions and deep-dive sessions, a raffle draw and female
Achievement Awards wrapped up the event.
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