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8:00am – 9:00am: Registration by Consultant/NILDS Secretariat
9:00am – 9:10am: Introduction of Special Guests by Compére
9:10am – 9:20am: National Anthem by ICT Team
Prof. Abubakar O. Sulaiman, DG NILDS
Mrs. Toyin Ojora Saraki, Founder-President of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA)
The Minister, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development
H.E. Mohammed Umar Bago, Executive Governor of Niger State
Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila CFR, Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria
09:55 – 10:05am: Her Excellency. Dist. Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, CON, First Lady, Federal Republic of Nigeria.
10:05 – 10:30am: Her Excellency, Mrs. Bisi Fayemi, Co-funder, African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF), and Former First Lady of Ekiti State.
10:30 – 10:35am: Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, PhD. Speaker, House of Representatives, National Assembly
10:35 – 10:40pm: Dist. Sen. Godswill Obot Akpabio, CON. President of the Nigerian Senate
CHAIRPERSON: Prof. Abubakar O. Sulaiman, DG NILDS
PRESENTERS:
11:30 – 11:50am: Hon. Agnes Kirabo, Member of Uganda parliament
11:50 – 12:10pm: Hon. Mbalu Jessica Nduku Kiko, Member of Kenya Parliament
12:10 – 12:30pm: Hon. Nonhlahla Ndaba, Member of South Africa Parliament
PANEL MODERATOR: Dr. Osasuyi Dirisu, NESG
PANELIST:
Prof. Euginia George-Genyi: Director, center for gender studies, Benue state university Makurdi
Prof. Shola Omotola: Lecturer, University of Ilorin
Beatrice Eyong: Country Representative, United Nations Women (UN Women)
Sen. Biodun Christine Olujimi: Former Lawmaker, Nigerian Senate
Ms. Ibijoke Faborode: Founder/CEO, ElectHER
Dr. Love Odion Idahosa: Teaching Fellow, Dept. of Economics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Dr. Ibrahim Wada, OON: Founder and Vice Chairman, NISA-Garki Medical Group
Hon. Wakil Mohammed: Former Lawmaker, Federal House of Representatives
Mr. Jake Ekpelle: CEO Albino Foundation
Ekaete Umoh: Country Director, CBM Global Disability Inclusion
CHAIR: Prof. Attahiru Jega
PRESENTERS
Sunday Moses Adebayo Aloko (The historiography of women participation in Nigerian politics: prospects and challenges)
DISCUSSANT: Sakah Saidu Mahmud
Adesote Samson Adesola (Historicizing women’s representation in democratic governance in Nigeria’s fourth republic, 1999 – 2023)
DISCUSSANT: Idrees Mahmud Gana
Ihuoma, Chinonso (Patriarchy, human rights and development in Eastern Nigeria)
DISCUSSANT:Nkiruka Cynthia Uzodi
Dr. Bethel Uzoma Ihugba (Language and Women Representation in Governance: An Examination of Nigerian Gender Policy Documents and Laws)
DISCUSSANT: Isiaq Abdullateef Ishowo
CHAIR: Sen. Ireti Heebah Kingibe
PRESENTERS
Sule Babayo (Political party financing as the bane of women’s political participation in Nigeria: Evidence from the 2023 General Elections)
DISCUSSANT: Hon. Azeezat Yishawu)
Olamide T. Ojogbede (Intra-party democracy and women political participation in Ekiti State, Nigeria)
DISCUSSANT: Mary Oluwagbemisola Adetula
Nanven Haruna Mamdam (Women and political party systems in Nigeria)
DISCUSSANT: Musa Lumi
CHAIR: Prof. Moses T. Aluaigba
PRESENTERS
Peter Memga Kertyo (Who are the architects of women electoral quagmire? Interrogating women representation and participation in Nigeria’s electoral processes from 1999 – 2023)
DISCUSSANT: Salau, Jamiu Adewale
Muhammad Auwal Sulaiman (Examining the experiences of women candidates and voters in Nigeria’s electoral process: Challenges, opportunities, and implications for gender equity and democratic governance)
DISCUSSANT: Iyanuoluwa Adetayo Aluko
Rauf Tunde Sakariyau (Gender mainstreaming and Nigeria’s women partisanship in 2023 General Elections: Exploring beyond rhetoric)
DISCUSSANT:Adeyinka W. Olarinmoye
CHAIR: Mrs. Maryam Uwais
PRESENTERS
Isa Olawale Solahudeen (Cash Waqf as a viable source of financing women healthcare services in Ilorin-West, Kwara State Nigeria: Imperative legal reforms for realizing SDG-1 (No Poverty)
DISCUSSANT: Afeaye A. Igbafe
Anozie, O. (Livelihood assets and strategies among rural women in Ovia South West Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria: Implication for economic empowerment)
DISCUSSANT: Jendele Hungbo
Iyabo Olanrele (Gendered household energy transition in Nigeria)
DISCUSSANT:Aondover Eric Msughter
CHAIR: Hon. Adewunmi Onanuga
PRESENTERS
Professor Lateef F. Oladimeji (A discourse on gender norms and socio- cultural practices in Nigeria)
DISCUSSANT: Nkiruka Cynthia Uzodi
Isa Olawale Solahudeen (Cash Waqf as a viable source of financing women healthcare services in Ilorin-West, Kwara State Nigeria: Imperative legal reforms for realizing SDG-1 (No PovertyPaul-Sewa Thovoethin (Between legal provisions and socio-cultural practices: An interrogation of Northern women’s representation in governance)
DISCUSSANT: Patience Mamie Kolade
Barakat Adebisi Raji (Gender norms and socio-cultural practices in Nigeria)
DISCUSSANT: Ajibola Adigun
Dr. Azizat Omotoyosi Amoloye-Adebayo (Islamic law and women’s political representation in Nigeria: A critical exposition)
DISCUSSANT: Ehimwenma Sheena Omoregie
CHAIR: Hon. Mulikat Akande-Adeola
PRESENTERS
Prof. Abiodun Amuda-Kannike, SAN (Constitution, citizenship and women’s rights in Nigeria)
DISCUSSANT: Osinachi N. Onu
Muhammad Auwal Sulaiman Diana Mary T. Nsan (The place of legal/policy framework in facilitating affirmative action for women in partisan
DISCUSSANT: John S. Olanrewaju
Neville Onebamhoi Obakhedo (Constitution, citizenship and women’s rights in Nigeria: Assessing the gender challenge of democratic representation)
DISCUSSANT: Saheed Olanrewaju Issa
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