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\n>> BY EMMANUEL ONWUBIKO
\n>>
\n>> I walked into one of the highflying finance houses in the Central
\n>> Business District of the Federal Capital of Nigeria for a brief
\n>> business meeting in the morning of Tuesday November 12th 2019.
\n>>
\n>> As I walked in, I met a very beautiful front desk assistant who had
\n>> only just delivered her first child but has already resumed duty.
\n>> She works in a bank that has gained reputation for employing only
\n>> beautiful girls who are of fair complexion.
\n>>
\n>> I congratulated her over the feat and inquired what the gender of
\n>> her baby is.
\n>>
\n>> This cheerful banker looked straight into my eyes with joy and
\n>> announced that she gave birth to a male child.
\n>>
\n>> I congratulated her once again and jokingly told her that in those
\n>> days, in most parts of southern Nigeria, (and even now amongst
\n>> traditional Igbo homes)\u00a0 when a new wife gives birth to a male
\n>> child, it is a sign that her marriage is finally confirmed since she
\n>> has delivered a bonafide beneficiary to the inheritance of the
\n>> father of the house.
\n>>
\n>> We both laughed over it but she quickly reminded me that the times
\n>> have changed and that the gender of the baby in a family no longer
\n>> matters.
\n>>
\n>> As someone with a human rights and journalism backgrounds, I replied
\n>> her statement by affirming that indeed in Nigeria and Africa, the
\n>> girl child has arrived.
\n>>
\n>> I say so because the saying that he who educates a female baby
\n>> educates a whole town is not farfetched going by the fact that the
\n>> capacity building of a girl child who would go on as a woman to
\n>> procreate childrem will make much more meaningful impact because as
\n>> a mother who understands the essence of intellectual and skills
\n>> development, the children that come from such a marital union will
\n>> immensely benefit from numerous educational trainings and exposures.
\n>>
\n>>
\n>> It is also factually correct to state that the more educated and
\n>> skillful a child becomes the better for the society since the child
\n>> would grow up into an adult that creates employment opportunities
\n>> and a creator of wealth.
\n>>
\n>> As I write, some very wealthy Nigerians have displayed what can
\n>> adequately explain my assertion that this is the year of the girl
\n>> child going by the intensity of faith that these daughters and the
\n>> enormous and tasking responsibilities they have bestowed on these
\n>> girls.
\n>>
\n>> Two cases will suffice even as I will give a further example with a
\n>> very brilliant girl Sandra Ifejika from not too well to do family
\n>> who went on to bag a first class degree in law from the prestigious
\n>> Nnamdi Azikiwe university and then made a double at the equally
\n>> prestigious Nigerian law school where she just bagged a first class.
\n>> Miss Promise Mmaduboobu of the law faculty of University of Nigeria
\n>> had last year made a similar phenomenal academic feats.
\n>>
\n>> The two girls or should I say ladies whose stories are worth
\n>> recording and made a reference point are the daughters of Femi
\n>> Otedola and Aliko Dangote.
\n>>
\n>> Aliko Dangote is easily the richest living black African even as his
\n>> friend Femi Otedola is rated as one of the richest living Nigerians
\n>> in contemporary times. Both men have showed us a positive lesson
\n>> that if a son can do it, a daughter can do it as well.
\n>>
\n>> Whereas, Aliko Dangote handed over a strategic department of his
\n>> conglomerate to his daughter Halima, Femi Otedola doled out #5
\n>> billion donation to his daughter\u2019s foundation for the needy.
\n>>
\n>> Dangote\u2019s firm is the largest household manufacturing industry and
\n>> the Nigerian vice president Professor Yemi Osinbanjo remarked that
\n>> Femi Otedola\u2019s gift of #5 billion to Cuppy\u2019s foundation which is
\n>> an affiliate of save our children foundation in the U.S.A, is the
\n>> biggest single individual donation to a charity in Nigeria.
\n>>
\n>> These two stories gladden my heart and are\u00a0 direct affirmations that
\n>> this is the time of the Nigerian girl child.
\n>>
\n>> The story of Halima Aliko Dangote is that she has been appointed as
\n>> the group executive director, commercial operations of Dangote
\n>> Industries Limited.
\n>>
\n>> According to a release by the company, Halima Aliko Dangote is
\n>> returning to the company after serving on secondment in several
\n>> capacities across two of its business units over the last five
\n>> years.
\n>>
\n>> She is also a trustee of the Aliko Dangote Foundation, the
\n>> philanthropic arm of the conglomerate.
\n>>
\n>> Her most recent role in the group was as the executive director of
\n>> Dangote Flour Mills.
\n>>
\n>> She previously served as the executive director of NASCON, a
\n>> manufacturer of salt, seasonings and still serves as a non-executive
\n>> director.
\n>>
\n>> She has over 12 years of professional experience and has held
\n>> several executive management roles. In her new role, Dangote will be
\n>> responsible for leading the development and implementation of the
\n>> Dangote Group\u2019s customer strategy to drive customer growth,
\n>> improve customer relationship management, enhance customer
\n>> experience and increase long term customer value.
\n>>
\n>> She will also be responsible for the implementation of the group\u2019s
\n>> shared services strategy with specific oversight for the following
\n>> functions; commercial, strategic procurement, administration and
\n>> branding & communications.
\n>>
\n>> Halima, who is the second daughter of Aliko Dangote, holds a
\n>> bachelors degree in marketing from the American Intercontinental
\n>> University, London and a master\u2019s degree in business
\n>> administration from Webster Business School, United Kingdom.
\n>>
\n>> Halima is the president of the board of The Africa Center in New
\n>> York, a uniquely focused centre providing a forward-looking gateway
\n>> for engagement with Africa while encompassing policy, business and
\n>> culture. She is a board member of Endeavour Nigeria and is also a
\n>> member of the Women Corporate Directors (WCD).
\n>>
\n>> Relatedly, Dangote’s friend Femi Otedola has a daughter named
\n>> Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, famously known as DJ Cuppy, who is a
\n>> musician and entrepreneur with a rapidly increasing empire.
\n>>
\n>> Information gleaned from her official website says she was born in
\n>> Lagos, Nigeria in 1992, just as Cuppy\u2019s musical endeavours began
\n>> at a young age.
\n>>
\n>> Accordingly to official information, by the time she turned 18,
\n>> whilst attaining a BSc Economics at Kings College London, she was
\n>> already producing her own tracks and DJ\u2019ing around the world. To
\n>> this date, Cuppy\u2019s DJ skills have taken her to over 25 countries
\n>> and she continues to fill dance floors across the globe.
\n>>
\n>> Cuppy\u2019s open-format DJ style and unlimited genre catalogue takes
\n>> audiences on an exuberant journey. She is praised for her ability to
\n>> seamlessly fuse commercial hits with innovative remixes, relating
\n>> with any diverse crowd. With her lovable personality and undeniable
\n>> hard work ethic, she has quickly risen and continues her
\n>> pop-cultured supreme lead role as a global pan-African brand.
\n>>
\n>> In 2014, Cuppy released her first compilation House of Cuppy, which
\n>> saw her pioneer a fresh new sound she dubbed \u201cNeo-Afrobeats\u201d -an
\n>> electric blend of Tropical House and Afrobeats music. The
\n>> compilation was launched successfully in London, New York and Lagos,
\n>> and the following year was succeeded by an 8-country tour, Cuppy
\n>> Takes Africa, now a TV show on FOX.
\n>>
\n>> Having been featured by the likes of Forbes, Vogue, and the
\n>> Financial Times, Cuppy has worked with some of the biggest and most
\n>> exciting international organizations. Jumpstarting her US invasion
\n>> in 2015 with an internship at Roc Nation, she performed at SXSW
\n>> Festival and starred as the resident DJ on MTV\u2019s \u2018Uncommon
\n>> Sense\u2019 Show; all whilst attaining a Masters in Music at New York
\n>> University.
\n>>
\n>> Now based in London, Cuppy is making a triumphant return to the
\n>> UK\u2019s music scene and is certainly one to look out for. But
\n>> importantly, her foundation named Cuppy is in the news for the very
\n>> positive vibes of her passion to help the needy and homeless
\n>> children of North East of Nigeria ravaged by war. At the weekend,
\n>> Abuja went agog with a fund raise which she staged and together with
\n>> a UK registered charity, she netted in lots of cash.
\n>>
\n>> Her father introduced by the Punch newspaper as a business mogul,
\n>> Femi Otedola, had donated N5bn to the Cuppy Foundation, a
\n>> philanthropic project of his daughter, Florence Otedola, popularly
\n>> known as DJ Cuppy.
\n>>
\n>> Mr Otedola, who was represented by another of his daughters, Tolani,
\n>> made the announcement during the \u2018Gold Gala,\u2019 an event by his
\n>> daughter at Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, on Sunday.
\n>>
\n>> Tolani said, \u201cMy father, Mr Femi Otedola, has been at the
\n>> forefront of supporting worthy causes. It is in this spirit that he
\n>> will be donating the sum of N5bn to the children of Borno, Adamawa
\n>> and Katsina through Save the Children.\u201d
\n>>
\n>> Among the guests were Vice-President Yemi Osinbjao; CEO, Save the
\n>> Children, UK, Kevin Watkins; Mr Femi Otedola, entrepreneur, Hajia
\n>> Bola Shagaya; Ambassador Babagana Kingibe; and Minister of Industry,
\n>> Trade and Investment, Niyi Adebayo.
\n>>
\n>> Cuppy\u2019s godfather, Dangote, who is the owner of the Dangote Group,
\n>> also made a donation of N100m.
\n>>
\n>> Dangote said, \u201cIt gives me great pleasure to be here supporting my
\n>> brother, Femi. I believe we need more Nigerians to have big hearts
\n>> to give back to the needy.\u201d
\n>>
\n>> \u201cTo Cuppy, I must congratulate you for having a big heart to visit
\n>> those children in Borno. She spent about four days with them. In the
\n>> light of this, I am making a donation of N100m.\u201d
\n>>
\n>> The young philanthropist, who is also an ambassador of the Save the
\n>> Children UK, a non-governmental organisation, said her foundation,
\n>> which was launched in August 2018, was inspired by a trip to
\n>> Maiduguri, Borno State.
\n>>
\n>> According to Miss Otedola, she started the foundation as a way of
\n>> giving back to the less fortunate.
\n>>
\n>> Nigeria’s Vice President who was thrilled Mr. Yemi Osinbajo told the
\n>> guests that the event must refocus their minds on caring for the
\n>> poor and malnourished especially in Nigeria.
\n>>
\n>> According to the Vice President, in 2015, Buhari proposed the
\n>> \u201clargest social investment programme in Africa\u201d of about N500bn
\n>> annually.
\n>>
\n>> He added, \u201cYet we are far from where we ought to be. It is obvious
\n>> that government cannot do it alone. So, we don\u2019t (all) need to be
\n>> billionaires (to do our part). It is time for every one of us to
\n>> decide to make a difference to ensure that the poor and vulnerable
\n>> are given a decent life.\u201d
\n>>
\n>> If anyone is in doubt that our girls have arrived, then look at
\n>> Anambra state whereby two females Stella Oduah and Uche Ekwunife
\n>> defeated many great men to emerge as SENATORS. Look at Senator
\n>> Olujimi of Ekiti who defeated men to become a Senator. Look at the
\n>> youngsters all ladies, about two of them who are today Ministers in
\n>> the Federal cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari manning ministries
\n>> of transport as minister of state and that of Humanitarian Affairs
\n>> as minister. Look at the newspaper houses whereby a lady Mrs Maiden
\n>> Ibru has done wonders by retaining the media legacies of her late
\n>> husband. Our girls have arrived. No more room for gender
\n>> discrimination please.
\n>>
\n>> *Emmanuel Onwubiko heads HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA
\n>> (HURIWA) and blogs @www.emmanuelonwubiko.com<\/a>\u00a0[1],
\n>>\u00a0www.huriwa.blogspot.com<\/a>\u00a0[2],www.thenigerianinsidernews.com<\/a>\u00a0[3].<\/p>\n

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\n[1]\u00a0http:\/\/www.emmanuelonwubiko.com\/<\/a>
\n[2]\u00a0http:\/\/www.huriwa.blogspot.com\/<\/a>
\n[3]\u00a0http:\/\/www.thenigerianinsidernews.com\/<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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