From Charity Nwakaudu, Abuja
The Minister of Women Affairs Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim has advised Nigerian women not to settle for less.
Sulaiman-Ibrahim gave this warning at the WIODDI Inspiring Women WIWS 2025 summit. With the theme “Bold Moves, Boundless Impacts”
The Minister who was represented by her Special Assistant Technical, stressed that women must leave that comfort zones to be able to make positive impacts.
“It talks about taking the bold move, moving from your comfort zone to dare the odds and find your place and find your definition and find your reason for well-being. Women should not settle for less.
Speaking on having equal opportunities in work places, she said, “What the women are asking is not equality in terms of sexes. They’re talking about equality in terms of appointments, in terms of the good things that are in the society.
“And at the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, under the renewed hope of the present administration, under President Bola Tinubu, the Honorable Minister of Women Affairs, Iman Suleiman Ibrahim, is not resting on her oars. She’s redefining the space to ensure that every woman in this country has a voice.”
The national president of National Council of Women Society (NCWS), Princess Edna Azura, noted that what WODDI is doing aligns with their mandate an it will help in empowering more women.
“Our mandate is to empower Nigerian women, educate Nigerian women and give them equal representation. And from what we are having from WODDI today, we are moving in the same direction.
“And I believe women have come from all walks of life and we are going back very impactful and we’ll share what we have learned here and it will go viral in the whole world.”
The wife of the Oyo state governor, Mrs. Tamunominini Makinde said every leader who has attended the summit will help to take the message to women at the grassroots.
“The take away for the leaders is that they will take it to the grassroots and they’re going to be mentors to women who ordinarily could not afford getting down here.
“Am going back home to Oyo state to disseminate the information to women at the grassroots women and “He for She” whom I believe will mentor both girls and young men.”
Head organising committee, for WODDI 2025, Uloma Rochas Nwosu said they organised the summit for women to realise that they can make bold moves that will bring about boundless impacts.
“We’re asking that women take a step further from what they’re used to, breaking bounds, breaking boundaries, just pushing. Irrespective of what life throws at us, let’s push through and make those bold moves.
“This event has been created by the WODDI, to ensure that women look beyond the challenges and everything that we’re facing and just take that step.
“Think about it. What’s the other option? If you don’t make that bold move, you know, you still have to be in the situation that you’re in. So this is just to drive all women to say, you know what, we understand what’s going on in the nation, in the world as it were, just take that step.
The founder of WODDI, Mrs. Nneoma Okorocha urged women by saying; “Bold Moves, Boundless Impact” is not just a theme. It is a demand. It dares us to break through ceilings, defy expectations, and step fully into our power. It reminds us that playing small does not serve us, and fear has no place where purpose exists.”