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PAGE A4 SUNDAY VANGUARD, APRIL 4, 2021 T SPECIAL SECTION ON AMAZONS OF DISTINCTION IN NIGERIA – Part 1 he long held belief that women deserve no formal education except the necessary training that makes them •Engr. Dr. Funmilayo Waheed-Adekojo In an era filled with lost opportunities and stifled dreams, she belongs to the future of Nigeria, the generation next that tells of the great promise and huge potential of this giant on the African continent. Young, articulate, brilliant, and resourceful, this face of Nigerian pride and future is already making her mark the male-dominated field of engineering. A relentless go-getter with a knack for excellence, Engr. Dr. Mrs. Funmilayo Waheed- Adekojo is the founder and chief executive officer of Funmi Ayinke Nigeria Limited; an engineering firm with specialities in project management, engineering and procurement, construction services, fleet management, consultancy, oil and gas support services as well as human resource outsourcing. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho and a Master of Business Administration (Executive), from Babcock University, Ogun State. Though she wanted to be a medical doctor with the hope of surpassing the records of her father who was a doctor, but fate had another plan for her. “I was in my fourth year as a medical student when I lost my father. It really efficient and loyal housewives created a primitive perception of females in our society as second class citizens. •Hajia Bola Muse •Dr. Obioma Jayne onwumere A Thoroughbred Professional And Philanthropist t Par Excellence ENGR. DR. MRS. FUNMILAYO WAHEED-ADEKOJO CEO, FUNMI AYINKE NIGERIA LIMITED affected me because we were very close and I actually wanted to become a doctor for him so that he can see me surpass his records, but with his death, I lost interest in the medical profession. So I made a switch to mechanical engineering and the consequence was losing two academic years but to the glory of God, I graduated with a Second Class Hons (Upper Division)”, she recounted. With a strong will and dogged determination to succeed, Funmilayo brought her intelligence and professional skills to bear during her brief spell in the public sector, notably at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta where she was appointed as the head of mechanical engineering at the Works and Services Unit of the institution and also as a member of the university’s Tender Evaluation Committee. Notwithstanding the accolades she earned during this period, she knew she could offer more services to humanity by fully exploring her potentials towards the actualization of her dream in leading an engineering firm that would attain global recognition. This dream birthed Funmi Ayinke Nigeria Limited which today prides itself among the best engineering firms in Nigeria. “We are not just an engineering firm, we have However, with this practice long discarded, Nigerian women have been able to lend valuable expertise and ingenuity to the some of the best engineers in the country among our employees and we value our integrity. No matter how sweet a contract is, if it will make us •Mrs. Tolulope Opayinka compromise on professional standards, we won’t take it. We are also disciplined in our daily approach to work and as the CEO, I allow my staffers to explore their potentials by carrying them along and allowing them to bring ideas to the table, such that if I am not available, any of our employees can represent me at a meeting. The reason behind this is not far-fetched from that fact that I want the company to outlive me. Today, we hear of Shell and Chevron, but the truth is that someone started those companies. That is my ultimate goal for Funmi Ayinke Nigeria Limited”, she said. She is a fellow of a number of reputable professional bodies which includes the Nigerian Society of Engineers, Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Institute of Management Specialists and the Institute of Management Consultants, Nigeria. She is also a certified mechanical engineer with the growth of businesses as well as political development. This paradigm shift has produced astute female entrepreneurs, administrators, politicians, judges, engineers and doctors among other rare professions thought to be exclusive terrain of men. Without mincing words, the Nigerian woman possess the intellectual ability, physical fitness and competence to thrive and achieve uncommon feats even in a maledominated society like ours. Indeed, within the fabric of the nation are women whose resourcefulness and abilities are capable of salvaging the country from its present woes given the fact that over time, these women have shown their worth and distinguished themselves as brilliant and result-driven amazons. Meet some of them in this report. Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN); Global Member, Project Management Institute (PMI), USA as well as a certified procurement expert by the Bureau of Public Procurement. To drive home her love for the suffering masses of this great country, she established FunmiAyinke Humanity Foundation; an organisation she has vigorously used to touch many lives through job creation, empowerment programmes for widows, single parents, abandoned children and children under the care of single parents. Till date, the foundation has empowered over 10,000 women and sponsored more than 500 undergraduates among other gestures. In the year 2020, she was honoured with the award of Honorary Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa (D. Sc. Hons) in Public and Organizational Leadership by the European- American University, Republic of Panama. She also holds an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) Degree in Public Administration from the Universite Protestante De L2 Afrique De L2 Ouest, Port Novo, Republic of Benin. Aside philanthropy and engineering, she is also an award winning singer and song-writer. Gender Has Nothing To Do With Greatness Hajia Bola Muse Founder/CEO, Bomarah Group he is an exceptional team leader with Sexcellent problem-solving skills and a firm believer in the concept of goal setting and actualization of set goals. Hajia Bolanle Muse, the founder and chief executive officer of Bomarah Group of Companies is one of the Nigerian women who have broken the glass ceiling in maledominated professions. A professional freight forwarder with over 20 years of experience, Hajia Muse is also the National Financial Secretary of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), making her the first female to hold an office at the national level of the association. She attended Baron School of Management, Kano where she obtained an HND in Secretarial Administration. Thereafter, she proceeded to Bayero University, Kano where she bagged a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Administration and the University of Calabar where she obtained an MSc in Business Management. Courageous and dedicated in her pursuit of excellence, she is not the type that would chicken-out in the face of challenges, rather, she sees every challenge as an opportunity to learn and achieve new feats. This attribute has greatly contributed to the growth of the company which started small as Bomarah Investment with interest in cargo handling, air and sea freight services as well as clearing and forwarding in 1995, but has today expanded with the establishment of other subsidiaries which includes, Bomarah Travels and Tours, Bomarah Farms, Bomarah Truck Park and Bomarah Foundation; a not-for-profit organization through which she has been helping the less privileged in the society. On what informed her interest in the freight forwarding profession, she said, “I worked at a freight forwarding firm after my OND where I developed an interest in the profession given the zeal that the job demands. As a woman, I love to task myself and growing up I wanted something different from the stereotypes, because I see myself as a lion, so I am not afraid of challenges. To the glory of Almighty Allah, this year makes it our 26th year in the maritime business. It shows that we are professionals in the industry and we are doing it right.” On how she has been able to influence more women to play in the industry, Hajia Muse who is the President of Women in Maritime Africa commended other women in the profession who have made it easy for more women to play in the industry. “I thank Almighty Allah for the leadership role I am occupying in the industry and I appreciate every women in the industry for their support in creating a path for other women to come into the business. The business in no doubt tasking, but I often tell them that the fact that we are women doesn’t mean that we cannot achieve same or more feats then the men. If I can be successful in the business, then every other woman who is dedicated and hardworking can also be successful”, she said. She further argued that the campaign against gender inequality in Nigeria is yielding great results and it is only a matter of time for more women to be at the corridors of power. “I can say that the narratives are changing even in those cultures where it was believed that sending a girl-child to school is a waste of resources, because women are now speaking up for themselves and we have quite a number of bodies both private and public who are raising the awareness for girl-child education. With women like Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala who recently became the first female and first African to head the World Trade Organization, as well as several other women at the national assembly, CEOs of government ministries and agencies as well as an increase in the number of successful female CEOs and entrepreneurs, it is very clear that gender has nothing to do with greatness, it is a matter of intelligence which God has given to both male and female”, she stressed. A member of the Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics, she commended the managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Hajia Hadiza Bala Usman for the thorough job she’s doing at the NPA. According to her, “the introduction of the Electronic Truck call-up system (eto) by her team is working for all, because prior to its introduction, you can spend several hours or days trying to access the port which was quite frustrating and amounted to loss of revenue, but with the e-call up system, it has brought about some sanity in this regard.” A devout Muslim and selfless philanthropist, through the Bomarah Foundation she has been able to empower quite a number women through skills acquisition, while also picking up the academic bills for a number of children from less privileged homes. Having received a license to operate a truck park, the maritime amazon disclosed that the company is hoping to celebrate her 30th anniversary with its own terminal as part of its goals. “We are taking it one step at a time and our next goal is to have a terminal, which we hope to achieve by the time we celebrate our 30 years anniversary”, she said.
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