Osinbajo’s Wife Celebrates Nigerian Women In Austria
Wife of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, was recently on three-day official visit to Vienna to celebrate Nigerian women living in Austria.
She started the official visit started with a courtesy call at the Office of the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency at the Vienna international Centre Austria.
According to a statement by the chairman, Organising Committee of the event, Engineer Yemi Ogundele, Mrs Osinbajo had an inspiring conversation with Director Rafael Grossi on capacity-building for Nigerian women and how to create more opportunities for Nigerian girls and women with the help of Nuclear Science.
Mrs Osinbajo had discussion on the “Ray of Hope” initiative to fight unequal Cancer care in Africa and developing countries and also delivered an inspiring speech as the keynote speaker during a well-attended conference dedicated to the celebration of the 2022 International Women’s Day.
She made a presentation of a video clip of the activities of non-governmental organisation (NGO), “The Women’s Helping Hands Initiative (TWHHI)”.
She highlighted her intervention in providing shelters and rehabilitation services to survivors of violence and trafficking; skill acquisition training for women and men, advocacy on safety and protection of the girl child, mentorship programs for youths and giving of physical aid to vulnerable groups and communities, among others.
Mrs Osinbajo spoke on equal opportunities for men and women and listed some of the achievements made by women in the society.
Other speakers included Mrs Violet Onyemenam, the General Counsel, OPEC Fund for International Development, who spoke on “SDG 5: Gender Equality and Women” while the wife of the Secretary General of OPEC, Mrs Hadiza Bakindo, spoke on “Breaking the Gender Bias in Nigeria”.
The Chief Host of the event, the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Nigeria to Austria and Slovakia His Excellency Dr Suleiman Dauda Umar, welcomed Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo and her team to Vienna and congratulated all women to the 2022 International Women’s Day.
He highlighted the importance of the event and the need for both genders to work together as one and, on a lighter mood, he said there is no way you can write or spell women without including men “WO-MEN”.
The event was anchored by Mrs Vire Komolafe, of the Global Diaspora Engagement, just as the chairman of the local organising committee, Engineer Oluyemi Ogundele, on behalf of his team, thanked all the speakers and participant, both the physical and the on-line attendant.
He recognised the presence of two young Nigerian ladies in the hall who has been assisting displaced Nigerian students from Ukraine in Vienna, providing them with food and accommodation.
Ogundele challenged all to keep the Nigerian flag flying and also made a symbolic presentation by handing over a Nigerian flag table and wall clock to the speakers and the moderator as souvenir, with the motto “Keep the Flag Flying”.
