GOVERNOR
Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has extolled the virtues and the
spirit of the Nigerian woman and the emerging resurgence of women in the
country’s politics.
Fashola spoke at the 12th yearly conference of the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO), held at the Convention Centre of Eko Hotel, Lagos.
He described the resurgence of women in politics as a welcome development because without women, the journey would have been more different.
Reflecting on the successful careers of the last two recipients of COWLSO’s Outstanding Women of the Year Award recipients, Ibukun Awosika and Justice Mariam Aloma-Muktar, Fashola said they were great achievers and leaders indeed; women who had moved their careers to greater heights in the service of God and humanity.
The result was that Awosika was elected as the first woman to be on the Board of First Bank of Nigeria Plc while Justice Aloma-Muktar was the first female to rise to the post of Chief Justice of the Federation.
“It may interest you to know that these two women have used the award to achieve greater responsibilities in their service to our great nation’, Fashola said.
He also used the occasion to salute the courage of women in sports, especially the paralympic women who did the nation proud recently by winning nine medals out of the 13 medals Nigeria won at the Olympics.
For her part, the wife of the Lagos State governor, Emmanuella Fashola, said the theme of this year’s conference: ‘Women as Leaders’ was most apt because the contributions of women are vital to the achievement of the goals that women desire.
TheGuardian
Fashola spoke at the 12th yearly conference of the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO), held at the Convention Centre of Eko Hotel, Lagos.
He described the resurgence of women in politics as a welcome development because without women, the journey would have been more different.
Reflecting on the successful careers of the last two recipients of COWLSO’s Outstanding Women of the Year Award recipients, Ibukun Awosika and Justice Mariam Aloma-Muktar, Fashola said they were great achievers and leaders indeed; women who had moved their careers to greater heights in the service of God and humanity.
The result was that Awosika was elected as the first woman to be on the Board of First Bank of Nigeria Plc while Justice Aloma-Muktar was the first female to rise to the post of Chief Justice of the Federation.
“It may interest you to know that these two women have used the award to achieve greater responsibilities in their service to our great nation’, Fashola said.
He also used the occasion to salute the courage of women in sports, especially the paralympic women who did the nation proud recently by winning nine medals out of the 13 medals Nigeria won at the Olympics.
For her part, the wife of the Lagos State governor, Emmanuella Fashola, said the theme of this year’s conference: ‘Women as Leaders’ was most apt because the contributions of women are vital to the achievement of the goals that women desire.
TheGuardian
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