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26 — Vanguard, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2019 •Aisha Abubakar •Azuka Obageli Azinge •Abike Dabiri •Winifred Oyo-Ita Amazing 31 women who made list in President Buhari's second term visory Council. The Executive Director, Lagos International Trade Fair Complex Management Board, Lucy Omosefe-Ajayi, also made the list, while Folashade Joseph, Managing Director, Nigeria Agriculture Insurance By Ebunoluwa Sessou Corporation, NAIC, Cecilia ca's Development, NEPAD, Nigeria, Office, DMO, Damilola Ogunbiyi, Gaya, Director-General, Administrative A Nnenna Akajemeli, National Coordinator/CEO, SERVICOM, Ronke tion Agency, REA, Yewande Sadiku, Managing Director, Rural Electrifica- bout 31 women are to be part of Staff College of Nigeria, ASCON, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Rahimatu Aminu-Aliyu, Executive Director, Loans and Mortgage Services, Sokefun, Chairperson, Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, ment Promotion Commission, NIPC, Executive Secretary, Nigerian Invest- team in his second term in office. These women who come from different Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, Azuka Obageli Azinge, Acting Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs President on Social Investment, Fatima Mariam Uwais, Special Adviser to the backgrounds have been carefully FMBN, Kemi Nelson, Executive Director, Operations, Nigeria Social In- selected to head various ministries and Commission, CAC, Abike Dabiri, Waziri-Azi, Rule of Law Advisor, Office of the Vice-President, Julie Okah- agencies in a bid to encourage Nigerian women. surance Trust Fund, NSITF were included. Chairperson and CEO, National Diaspora Commission, Jumoke Donli, Director-General, National The release of the list by the According to the report, these women Oduwole, Senior Special Assistant to Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, Hadiza Bala- presidency following the recently concluded presidential polls, has further have contributed immensely to the the President on Industry, Trade and success of the administration. Investment, and Secretary of the Presidential Enabling Business Environ- Ports Authority, NPA, Amina Ado, Usman, Managing Director, Nigerian raised the hope of Nigerian women “Without their vision, drive and hard who had been skeptical of Buhari’s work, the story would have been very ment Council, PEBEC, were not left Senior Special Assistant, SSA to the operation in his first term. different; a much less successful and out. President on Oil and Gas, Edirin Perhaps, the President is also joining the rest of the world to act on the inspiring narrative,” a statement from Also included are Patience Oniha, Akemu, Coordinator, Nigerian Industrial Policy and Competitiveness Ad- the presidency last Friday reads. Director-General, Debt Management theme of the 2019 International Women's Day, #BALANCE FOR BET- TER which is highlighting the all-important quest for a gender-balanced Female-owned businesses hold key to growth, world. Among the high profile female appointees are Zainab Ahmed, Honourable Minister of Finance, Aisha stability of economy —Herbert Wigwe Abubakar, Honourable Minister of •As Access, Diamond Bank hold Women’s Day conference Women Affairs and Social Development, Winifred Oyo-Ita, Head of the and Diamond banks commemorated the In- *From left: Ada Udechukwu, In the wake of their ongoing merger, Access Civil Service of the Federation, ternational Women’s Day by hosting female entrepreneurs to a conference recently in Lagos. Head, Women Banking, Access Marilyn Amobi, Managing Director/ Bank PLC; Herbert Wigwe, Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Bulk The event themed: Think W... Build Smart and General Managing Director, Electricity Trading Plc, NBET, and Innovate featured insightful sessions, as the Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, Senior speakers highlighted issues and solutions on Access Bank PLC; Laure how women can effectively leverage on technology and finance to build profitable and in- Commissioner; Ayona Aguele- Beaufils, British Deputy High Special Assistant, SSA to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, novative businesses. Trimnell, Coordinator, Women SDGs. In his keynote speech, CEO/ Group Managing Director of Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe the W Initiative International Banking, Access Bank PLC at Others include Sharon Ikeazor, Executive Secretary, Pension Transitional said women, over the years, have continued to Women’s Day conference 2019 Arrangement Directorate, PTAD, Toyin break boundaries, reinvent the status-quo and in Lagos. take advantage of the opportunities provided Adeniji, Executive Director, Micro by technology and quality financial systems to Enterprises, Bank of Industry make things better in the society. He added that (oversees the Government Enterprise the International Women’s Day Conference has and Empowerment Programme, been designed this year to educate women on “It is commendable to see corporate sions include Bonaventure Okhaimo, GEEP), Aishah Ahmad, Deputy how best to leverage innovations because step up to bridge the divide by providing Chief Operating Officer, Development Governor, Financial System Stability, female-owned businesses also hold the key to women with platforms and education to Bank of Nigeria, Titi Osuntoki, the growth and stability of the economy. help build successful businesses. Globally, Executive Director, Business Banking, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Wigwe said: “As a bank, we are in full support women need to serve as support systems Access Bank Plc, Adebola Adefila, Chief Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General, of a gender-balanced society, this is why, through for one another and adopt a ‘Pull-Her- Executive Officer, Banrut Rolls, Toyin National Agency for Food, Drug our Access Bank W Initiative, we educate women Up’ mentality, as against pulling each Onigbanjo, Founder, August Secrets, Administration and Control, NAFDAC, through our capacity-building and mentorship other down. Only then can we achieve Chukwuka Nonye, Founding Partner, Stella Okotete, Executive Director, programs to ensure that they build and sustain the balance that we seek,” she said. Cuici Consulting and Director- Business Development, NEXIM Bank. brands that are globally recognised. We also The event also featured two panel sessions, as the speakers provided insights Group; Patricia Nzolatima, Chair- General, Delta Economic Summit have funding opportunities that are tailor-made Juliet Ibekaku, Special Assistant to for women and their businesses.” into how female entrepreneurs can access investment opportunities, and build ers. woman, Bizolly Holding, among oth- the President on Justice Reform and This was followed by a goodwill message from the National Coordinator, Open Government Partnership, OGP, Gloria geria, Laure Beaufils, as she advocated more sup- product, and service differentiation. grand dinner followed by an after-party the British Deputy High Commissioner to Ni- smart businesses using technology, The networking event ended with a Akobundu, National Coordinator/Chief port for female entrepreneurs and called for solidarity amongst women to facilitate gender parity. ties that participated in the panel ses- DJ Spinall and performance by Falz Other business leaders and personali- anchored by ace Nigerian Disc Jockey, Executive of New Partnership for Afri- the Bad Continues Guy. on page 27 C M Y K
Vanguard, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2019 — 27 In honour of International Women’s Day, Google today announced the launch of 18 new Womenwill chapters across Sub-Saharan Africa. Womenwill is a Google initiative to create economic opportunity for women everywhere, so that they can grow and succeed. Helping women make the most of technology to build skills, get inspired, and connect with each other through training, events and advocacy, Womenwill aims to drive conversations promoting gender equality to benefit everyone. Speaking at the event, Google Africa’s Brand & Reputation lead, Mojolaoluwa Aderemi- Makinde said: “The gender gap could be solved if women have the same access to resources and skills acquisition sources as men. This is why we’re expanding the Womenwill chapters in SSA and continuing our focus on diversity and gender equality into 2019 and beyond.” The 18 new chapters are located across Sub-Saharan Africa in cities including Accra, Cape Town, Dar es Salaam, Johannesburg, Lekki and Onitsha. This brings the total number of chapters in Africa to 25, with more to launch in the coming weeks. Today’s chapters are being launched simultaneously at events in Johannesburg, South Africa, Nairobi Kenya and Lagos, Nigeria following a week in which Digital Skills Masterclasses were held at Google launches 18 new ‘Womenwill’ chapters various locations in these countries, involving some 5000 women. “Since 2016, we have worked to upskill young people and SMEs living in Africa via our Digital Skills for Africa program to help them find jobs and grow IWS: Creating enabling environment for our targets especially women By Esther Onyegbula As Mrs Nkoli Ogbolu received the mantle of leadership as the 62nd president of International Women’s Society, Nigeria, she restated the association’s commitment to continue to create an enabling environment for the development of women. Speaking at her investiture, Nkoli Ogbolu, said that over the last six decades, the International Women’s Society, IWS has doggedly marched forward in the business of clarity creating an enabling environment for our targets, *Nkoli Ogbolu and members of the IWS executive council girls, women, children and youth, ensuring that those disenfranchised and hurting, find healing through different programmes. Ogbolu noted that the clamour for gender parity, gender balance and balance for better should not be lost on us as we have just celebrated the International Women’s Day with striking a balance at home, at work and in every facet of our lives. This means that we all must look out for one another if we want life to be purposeful, meaningful, fruitful and fulfilling. “We will enhance infrastructure to cater to our targets. At the end of this decade, we should have earned it and owned it fully as Nigeria’s foremost indigenous charity organisation.” The highlight of the event was the fundraising and donations by members, friends and associates of International Women’s Society. *Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor their businesses,” Akinremi- Makinde said. “Our digital skills training has been offered in 29 countries across Africa with over a million people recording business growth, starting new businesses, finding jobs or growing in their current By Boluwaji Obahopo Lokoja - ActionAid Nigeria, a social justice non-governmental organisation working to combat poverty in Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to put policies and systems in place to stop tax abuses by multinational corporations and Illicit Financial Flows. It also cautioned the FG to reduce unfair tax burdens on women; remove gender bias and discrimination in tax policies; increase allocation of tax revenues for gender responsive social services and ensure tax and fiscal policies recognise and serve to represent, reduce and redistribute unpaid care work. The Country Director of the organisation, Mrs. Ene Obi who stated this on jobs. We have trained more than 3 million people in total, of which 48 per cent are women. “This year, we are playing our part in the contribution to women empowerment and we will be expanding the reach of our Grow with Google programs in SSA to focus on women empowerment as a key pillar. We aim to empower women with the right skills, coaching, mentorship and community support to access opportunities,” she said. IWD: ActionAid calls on FG to engage in ‘progressive and transformative’ tax policies •says Tax burden affects Women more in Nigeria Thursday said: “Multinational corporations are systematically avoiding and evading taxes, by abusing weaknesses within the national tax system and these abuses comprise a large part of Illicit Financial Flows, IFFs, resulting in hundreds of billions of Naira in lost public revenues every year. These potential public revenues could and should have been used by government at all levels to provide economic and social services and infrastructure that are urgently needed to address inequalities. “However, instead of improving legislation and regulations, the Nigerian government is conceding more and more tax giveaways in the form of tax exemptions and incentives, as well as scaling back regulations with the alleged intention of attracting investment. At the same time, government is introducing copious austerity measures and increasing the tax burdens on the poor, particularly on women, which is in turn aggravating the precarious social situation of women in Nigeria. “Amid poverty and heightened levels of exposure to violence and insecurity, most women in excluded communities across Nigeria have poor access to food, potable water and the essential services they need, such as reproductive health services and social amenities. These basic amenities and services are vital for women’s survival, as well as empowering them to lead productive and meaningful lives,” Obi said.
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