Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, first female Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, and Mike Ejiogu would lead the Nigerian contingent to the fifth African Elders and Women Intercultural Dialogue (AEWID) holding in Accra, Ghana, from July 29 to August 1, 2025.
 
With theme: “Born Free – Exploring the Economic, Cultural, Social and Political Intricacies influencing Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling in today’s Africa – the dialogue, an advocacy event for cultural re-visioning and the wellbeing of the African Girl Child, Women and Youths in the post-colonial Africa, will x-ray different unhealthy cultural practices in different African communities.

Vice President of Ghana, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyeman, alongside Sierra Leone’s First Lady, Mrs. Fatima Maada Bio, who doubles as President of Organisation of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD), would chair different sessions of the event.
 
Serving as a platform for iconic individuals drawn from different facets of African society to discuss pressing issues besetting the African continent.

“AEWID aims to deconstruct contemporary norms aiding the under-development of the African girl child, youth and woman.
 
With the maiden edition held on April 25, 2017, at Accra International Conference Centre, the dialogue is coming back to Ghana after traversing different African countries and platforms. The second edition, which was held on September 25, 2018, at the Centre for Women Development, Abuja, Nigeria, followed a virtual edition at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women Parallel Events (UNCSW65) in 2021 and (UNCSW67) 2023 with Global African Sheroes Union as facilitating partners. 
 
“Past dialogues have contributed to the emergence of Global Africans Against Slavery (GLAAS) – a multi-sectoral coalition of relevant stakeholders in the fight against human trafficking. The body was formed to eliminate the complex problems of Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling (HTMS) by deconstructing the interconnectedness of the diverse issues influencing the rise of the inhuman act in different African communities.”