Globacom delegate, Eyitayo Okandeji, Chairman, Board of
Trustees, WIMBIZ, Funmi Roberts, Chairman, Sterling Bank, Asue Ighodalo,
Globacom delegate, Justina Abdulateef, First Bank Chairman, Mrs. Ibukun
Awosika, and Globacom delegate, Marie Macfoy, at the 2019 edition of WIMBIZ
conference at Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos on Thursday.
Globacom was one of the major sponsors of this year’s
edition of the annual conference of the Women in Management, Business and
Public Service (WIMBIZ).
The conference had hundreds of women from all walks of life
in attendance. Among them were high flying career women delegates from
first-class companies, including Nigeria’s second largest telecom company,
Globacom.
In a statement issued
from its head office in Victoria Island, Lagos on Friday, Globacom said women
empowerment is necessary for the emancipation of the family unit from
subsistence level of living. The company said it was committed to supporting
initiatives aimed at improving the lot of women on all fronts, including at the
workplace.
“When you empower a
woman, you improve the overall wellbeing of the family unit, as a woman plays a
pivotal role in the stability of a home”, the company said in the statement.
The company said it was delighted to be a major sponsor of
WIMBIZ 2019 with the theme ‘Shaping the Future: Strategising to Win’ because it
was convinced the platform would offer Nigerian women the needed platform to
brainstorm on strategies needed to unleash the latent ability in them to make
something great of their future.
In her welcome
address at the opening ceremony of the conference at Eko Hotel and Suites,
Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday, the Chairperson, WIMBIZ Executive Council,
Olubunmi Aboderin-Talabi, said WIMBIZ is a non-profit organisation formed to be
a platform for professional women in careers or running their own businesses.
She expressed
confidence that the conference would not only give participants the inspiration
they needed to gather their strength and forge ahead, but also the requisite
techniques.
The conference was
chaired by Justice Rose Ukeje, Federal Court Chief Judge between 2001 and 2008,
and was graced by women from all walks of life, including the First Lady of
Ekiti State, Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi and the Founder and CEO of Africa Leadership
Group, Mr. Fred Swaniker.
Also in attendance
were captains of industry, Chairmen, CEOs and top directors of blue chip
companies, entrepreneurs and other categories of professionals.
Chairman, Board of Trustees, WIMBIZ, Funmi Roberts;
Chairman, Sterling Bank, Asue Ighodalo; Globacom delegates, Justina Abdulateef
and Marie Macfoy, at the 2019 edition of WIMBIZ conference at Eko Hotels and
Suites, Lagos on Thursday.
Accomplished entrepreneur, Chief Obafemi Olopade; Globacom delegate,
Eyitayo Okandeji; Chairman, Board of Trustees, WIMBIZ, Funmi Roberts; Chairman,
Sterling Bank, Asue Ighodalo and Globacom delegate, Justina Abdulateef at the
2019 edition of WIMBIZ at Eko Hotels and Suites,
L-R Grace Bernard-Okosun,Eyitayo Okandeji, Yetunde Jimo,
Justina Abdulateef and Marie Mcfoy, all Globacom delegates at the 2019 edition
of WIMBIZ at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos on Thursday.
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