Nigerian women have been advised to develop their
self-confidence and build capacity for nation building in order to help Nigeria
achieve her full potentials.
The advice was given by Mrs. Foluso Oyenuga FCA, a reputable
Chartered Accountant, during her lecture at the installation of Mrs. Titilayo
Olajide as 29th President of the International Inner Wheel Club of Bodija and
the Inauguration of the Club Executives for the 2019/2020 International Wheel
Year.
Mrs Oyenuga, who is the Managing Director of Sofia Limited,
said the Nigeria of our dream is achievable if women, who according to
researchers, are believed to be more than the male population, change their
orientation and ways of thinking about the way forward for the nation.
She opined that women need to take the vision beyond looking
after and taking care of their immediate families. Oyenuga called on women to
reflect on the Nigeria they were born into and the one they are leaving for the
coming generation.
Oyenuga, who is also a senior partner at Ade Esan &
Company (an off-shoot of Spencer Thirwell Chartered Accountants), a highly
reputable firm of Chartered Accountants, delved into history as she stated that
"Amina of Zaria grew up in her grandfather's court and was well equipped
with military skills that it was said she was as capable as a man. She had so
many plans to extend the territory of Zazzau and she executed them and created
trade routes throughout Northern Nigeria, conquered towns and made them pay her
tribute. She was credited with kolanut cultivation and Hausa fortification
known as Amina's Walls”.
She also spoke about Moremi, an Ife queen who spied on the
enemies that had threatened the peace of her people for so long and found out
how to defeat them. "Both of them had what they were looking forward to
for the benefit of their people. They wanted it, they equipped themselves and
met their targets. We are capable of achieving great feats when we encourage
and embolden ourselves," Oyenuga added.
The widely travelled entrepreneur, who was the governorship
candidate of People's Party of Nigeria in Osun State in the 2014 election,
further said the Nigeria of our dreams starts from the 'us' of our dreams when
we start thinking of how to make our lives and the lives of our neighbours
better, then Nigeria as a whole will have a chance.
While calling for the design of adult education for market women,
she inferred that "our exposure determines our insight. So we need to
expand what each girl or woman sees; what she knows. Show them the good; that
her situation can be better. Reorientation through Social re-engineering, the
mind must be liberated with sound education”.
Dignitaries present at the event included Mr Dare Babarinsa,
a co-founder of Tell, Nigeria’s acclaimed foremost weekly news magazine, the
Chairman of the occasion, Chief (Dr) Kunle Olajide, Engr Odeleye, Rotary Club
Governor, Mr Gboyega Fisher, President Ibadan Recreation Club, Hon Alabi
Olajide, a member of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr Bukola Balogun, Mary
Golding National Awardee among others.
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