The Executive Vice Chairman of South Atlantic Petroleum (SAPETRO) and a senior member of the legal profession, Senator Daisy Danjuma has charged female lawyers to be limitless while pursuing their life dreams.
Danjuma, who gave the charge during the 4th edition of the “Inspire Her Series” of the Nigerian Bar Association Women Forum (NBAWF) conference, explained that women make a lot of impact on society.
She noted that in countries that have excelled, women were promoted and placed in high positions.
Danjuma added that when women are put in high positions, they will help the society grow.
“I want to encourage you in your career. The sky is your limit and I wish that they are able to excel in whatever they want to do both in politics, policy and decision making, even in the law careers.
“They need confidence, hard work, integrity, and the fear of God. Our values have to change. We need to help society, and giving back to society is very important. “They should go to their various communities too, and make an impact there. Let’s work together to make our country better for all of us,” she advised.
She gave instances on how she championed a bill in the Senate, which dealt with the female genital mutilation, built hostels in the University of Benin and built a hospital for women because women and child mortality rate is so low in Nigeria.
Danjuma also urged the female lawyers to be more creative in whatever they do. In her welcome address, NBAWF Chairperson, Mrs Chinyere Okorocha said “Inspire Her Series” is a mentorship programme and an advocacy initiative to empower the female lawyers for success.
She explained that the conference is an initiative where women who have achieved some level of success in their careers, usually female members of the bar, who are excelling in their own careers share their experiences so that others can learn from them.
“It’s a sort of a mentorship as well as advocacy initiative, where we ask them questions about their career, what propelled them to succeed, the challenges that they have had because we truly believe that you can learn from the challenges of other women.
“And when they tell us how they scaled the challenges, we pick the lessons,” she said/
Okorocha noted that mentorship is very important for women as they progress in their career path.
She said women have to support other women even as they strive for success. “Even as they go up that career ladder trying to create impact, they should try and impact others as well,” she said.
