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Rotarian Gbenga Badejo has been installed as the 54th President of Rotary Club of Ikeja. The colourful ceremony which took place recently also witnessed the induction of the new board for the Rotary 2021/2022 year as well as presentation of awards to Rotarians and non-Rotarians, including 50 years of Rotary to Chief Olusegun Osunkeye.
Speaking at the ceremony which was attended by Dorothy Ufot (SAN) and Akinla of Erin Ijesha, Oba Isaac, Rotarian Badejo said he planned to continue with the club’s signature and legacy projects to achieve maximum impact in their adopted communities.
According to him, ‘’Some of my key projects for this Rotary Year are, building of Rotary Club of Ikeja Youth Community Centre for Leadership and Vocational Training- in collaboration with Lagos State Government, setting up of 20-seater ICT Centre for SOS Children’s Home, Micro Credit scheme interest free loans and renovation of a Block of Classroom with Complete furniture for Ikeja Ju
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The Lead Pastor of Foundation of Truth Assembly, Abuja, Adefunke Sharon Kasali, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria as well as a US-certified Public Accountant. In this interview, she tells the role of women in good governance and other issues.
SEGUN KASALI brings the excerpts
Tell us about your experience studying in the United States
I studied in the United States because I left Nigeria not long after I turned 17. The first two years were quite normal, but from the third year, money became an issue for me. Like so many others, I had to work to support myself through school and lost two years before I eventually graduated. If there were indelible moments, they would be the tough times of not having much. Times of being kicked out of my apartment because of not having money to pay for rent. There was also a period of about four months when I couldn’t afford to pay my light bill and lived in the apartment without electricity, heat and gas for
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Over the years, these remarkable women climbed the career ladder to get to the top after starting at the bottom.
With dint of hard work, consistency, dedication and ambition, they successfully changed the narrative, breaking the proverbial glass ceiling to become the first women to occupy the topmost job at their respective financial institutions.
Today, TheCable brings you seven current female MDs of Nigerian banks.
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NNEKA ONYEALI-IKPE, FIDELITY BANK
Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe assumed office as managing director/chief executive officer, Fidelity Bank on January 1, 2021. She is the first female to occupy the position since the bank’s inception in 1988.
By Obinna Chima
The banking industry has made a dramatic leap in its Nigerian Sustainable Banking Principles (NSBP) with the recent appointments of two females as Chief Executive Officers (CEOs). The coming on board of the CEOs, Mrs. Miriam Olusanya for Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) and Mrs. Yemisi Edun for First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Limited, marks an important paradigm shift in the approach to decision-making and management with regard to gender at the highest levels of the Nigerian banking industry.
The NSBP states that as part of a wider sustainable banking commitment, the industry should work towards 40 per cent female representation at top management and boards levels.