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BABAJIDE OLUSOLA SANWO-OLU was born on June 25, 1965, and holds a B.Sc in Surveying and an MBA from the University of Lagos. He is an alumnus of the John F. Kennedy School of government, the London Business School and the Lagos Business School.
Mr Sanwo-Olu became an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) and a fellow of the Nigeria Institute of Training and Development (NITAD).
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu taking the oat of office during his swearing-in ceremony in 2019. [Photo: Lagos State Government Twitter account]
He was the treasurer at the former Lead Merchant Bank from 1994 to 1997 after which he moved to the United Bank for Africa as the head of foreign money market. He then proceeded to First Inland Bank, Plc (now First City Monument Bank) as deputy general manager and divisional head.
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The President, Muhammadu Buhari, recently assigned portfolios to 52 non-career and 43 career ambassadors screened last year by the Senate. A cursory look at the postings released showed that 11 envoys were re-appointed with eight retaining their places of primary assignment, while the other three were redeployed to other countries.
But that is not all the list revealed; it also showed that of the 52 non-career ambassadors, Only 12 are women with three career ambassadors and heads of mission, bringing the grand total number of women to15 out of 95 slots.
Reacting to this development, the president of the Nigerian Women’s Trust Fund (NWTF) Mufuliat Fijabi said the dismal number of women appointed as ambassadors further demonstrates the lack of political will to include women in critical positions and in the governance process at all levels.
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YEAR 2021 started on a good note for the Nigerian women with the emergence of Nneka Onyeali–Ikpe as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank, on January 1, and Yemisi Edun as the acting Managing Director of First Monument Bank (FCMB) on January 6, 2021 respectively.
With these latest appointments the number of women currently sitting at the helms of affairs in the banking industry has risen to six.
This is a no mean feat bearing in mind that the banking industry was male-dominated and its leadership, many had thought, was an exclusive preserve of the menfolk.
There is no doubt about the fact that these two recent appointments are a boost to the womenfolk, and it is expected to give the career women an impetus to also break the glass ceilings in their respective organisations. Today WWW presents the six women functioning as the MD/CEO and chairman of the board of directors and of the leading banks in Nigeria.
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The death has been announced of Professor Ebere Onwudiwe, a renowned economist, political scientist, prolific writer, promoter of Afro-optimism, and respected public intellectual. According to family sources, he died on Saturday, January 9, “due to…complications of the global pandemic.” He was born on October 10, 1952, and is from Isunjaba in Imo State of Nigeria, where he held the traditional title of Mba 1 of Isunjaba.
Apart from having a doctorate degree in Political Science, he also acquired postgraduate degrees in Economics and International Relations. He held several local and international positions in his lifetime, including serving as professor of Political Science at the Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, where he also became Director of the Centre for African Studies and Executive Director of the Centre for International Studies.
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