NIGERIA (Lagos) - The need for inclusion of more women in the leadership positions by government and private institutions have been reiterated yesterday in Lagos.
This was disclosed by the President, Institute of Directors, IoD, Chief Eniola Fadayomi, at the 3rd edition of Women Directors’ Conference tagged “Women As Leaders: Discovering Authentic Leadership”.
She said if Nigeria should attain the its desire of becoming the world’s largest economy by 2050, then more women should be saddled with leadership role.
”It has been said that Nigeria stands to be the world’s largest economy by 2050 and for me, this could only be realized with women’s active participation in governance”, she said.
Fadayomi explained that a consideration of the first 20 listed companies in the Nigerian Stock Exchange revealed that seven companies had no single woman on their board; adding that five of the companies had a woman each, while eight had either two or three women on their boards.
Present at the occasion were Ekiti State First Lady, Erelu Bisi Fayemi; Chief(Mrs.)Cecilia Ibru, President, Michael and Cecilia Foundation; Iyalode Alaba Lawson, Chairman, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic; Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Ayo Phillips and Dr.(Mrs.)Stella Okoli, CEO, Emzor Pharmaceutical, while all noted that there was dire need for women to maximise their associations and spaces to create opportunities for other women.
Regretting that most women had pushed down the ladders with which they climbed to the pinnacle, Ekiti State First Lady, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, advised women in leadership to consider women and girls as their key constituency.
