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Cecilia Bolaji Dada, the Lagos State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA), has condemned domestic violence against Nigerian women, stating that 664 women were abused by their husbands in Lagos alone in the last year, according to cases submitted to their office.
Chief Alimotu Pelewura, (c. 1865–1951) was a Nigerian trader who was leader of the Lagos Market Women's Association, a Lagos-based market women advocacy group. She was also an important political ally of Herbert Macaulay. [2] The Lagos Market Women's Association was one of the most important women's organizations in Lagos during the colonial ...
Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation; O. Murder of Cynthia Okogosu; W. WIMBIZ This page was last edited on 30 October 2022, at 20:09 (UTC ...
Pages in category "History of women in Lagos" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
When she returned to Nigeria, she connected with the local Lagos Nigerian Girl Guides Association, which was founded by an English woman. Abayomi joined the group and was the first Nigerian woman to serve as a supervisor. She also became active in the education of women and girls in Nigeria, which was not equal to that of men and boys.
In 1999, she joined Alliance for Democracy (AD) and from 1999 to 2003, she served as the Lagos State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation during the tenure of Bola Ahmed Tinubu and has served as the Women Leader of Lagos State Chapter of The All Progressives Congress (APC) and was later made the South West Women Leader of APC. [2]