Nigerian women make bold statements on International Women’s Day

…As  IndustriAll, TUC, NNEW, Sterling Bank celebrate Stories by Bimbola Oyesola, 08033246177 Nigerian women across all sectors last Wednesday, March 8, 2017, joined women all over the globe to celebrate the International Women’s Day (IWD). From organised labour to the business world, Nigerian women loudly pronounced this year’s IWD theme, “Be Bold for Change.”  The day was marked with rallies, lectures, seminars, workshops, and, in fact, with pomp and pageantry, as the women turned out in colourful T-shirts, caps and African attire, all in the mood to celebrate the uniqueness of the day. The women arm of the IndustriALL Global in Nigeria set the ball rolling on March 7, 2017, when it organised a rally and walked from Jibowu to Ojuelegba in the Mainland area of Lagos State, to create awareness on the need for women to be respected and given their quota in every sphere of the society. The leader of the group, Oluchi Amaogu  charged men not to only pay lip service to the achievement of 40 per cent representation given to women at all union organs, but to vigorously support the cause morally and financially. Amaogu called on women to rise to the challenge of leadership, “affirmative […]