IGBO WOMEN ARE THE MOST LIBERATED/SUCCESSFUL WOMEN IN NIGERIA: I laugh when people from other tribes tell me that Igbo women are caged (not liberated). Yet facts on ground clearly state otherwise. Anambra state produced the first and ONLY female governor in Nigeria. Her name VIRGINIA ETIABA. When it comes to ministerial appointments Igbo women outnumber the rest. Igbo women are all well-educated, forceful, strong-willed, focused, creative, disciplined, passionate and decisive characters who are almost German-like in their work ethics and in their pursuit of excellence and perfection. They really dont take any prisoners when it comes to their work or calling and they all do their jobs, or whatever it is that they are doing, with an almost messianic zeal. I am talking about people like Ngozie Okonjo-Iweala (the former Minister of Finance and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria who is now the Managing Director of the World Bank), Obi Ezekwezile (the former Minister of Solid Minerals and former Minister of Education of Nigeria who is now the National Vice Charman of the World Bank), Dora Akinluyi rip (the former Director- General of NAFDAC and the former Minister of Information for Nigeria), Ndidi Okereke-Onyiuke (the former Director- General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange and the person that was credited with building it up literally from scratch), Roz Ben-Okagbue (a leading pro-democracy activist in Nigeria and one of the conveners and leaders of the Save Nigeria Group), Violet Yough (a successful, wealthy and well-respected industrialist and business woman of many years standing), Stella Chinyelu Okoli (the Chief Executive and founder of Emzor Pharmaceutical, the most successful and largest indigenous pharmaceutical company in Nigeria), Irene Iroche (the Chief Executive of Finbank), the late Genevieve Onyuike (one of the most versatile and brilliant lawyers in Nigeria and the former President of the Oxford and Cambridge Club of Nigeria), Joy Ogwu (the former Minister of Foreign Affairs for Nigeria and presently the Nigerian Ambassador to the United Nations), Evelyn Oputu (the Chief Executive Officer of the Industrial Bank), Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie (a well respected and notable writer of international standing and repute and the author of the international best-seller titled Half A Yellow Sun), the late Flora Nwapa (the poet, writer and essayist who was the author of the Nigerian bestseller titled Efuru), Akachi Ezeigbo (a highly respected Professor of African Literature of international standing and repute) , Stella Oduah Ogiemwonyi (the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Sea Petroleum and Gas Group of Companies and who is one of the biggest players in the Nigerian oil and gas industry), Genevieve Nnaji (a leading Nigerian actress), Amaka Igwe (the respected film producer and director and a key figure in the Nigerian movie industry which is known as Nollywood), Bishop Peace Okonkwo (the wife of Bishop Mike Okonkwo and the co-founder of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission TREM, one of the largest and most respected Pentecostal Churches in Nigeria) and so many others. THIS WAS FEMI F KAYODES QUESTION and I quote FFK: In the last 12 years the Igbos seem to have taken over in many respects and are now well-ahead of the rest of Nigeria. Just a few years and look at what they have achieved. It really is quite remarkable. Can anyone tell me their secret or why this is so? What could be responsible for their doggedness, their natural drive, their tremendous energy and their great strength of character? What is it about these strong-willed eastern women of Bantu and Igbo extraction that now and all of a sudden sets them so far apart?
Posted on: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 08:32:21 +0000
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