GS-24 Speakers

Gender and Inclusion Summit 2024

Dr Jewel Howard-Taylor
Secretary-General, African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM-MIPREDA)
Keynote speaker

Greta Bull
Director, Women's Economic Empowerment, The Gates Foundation
Keynote speaker

Hannatu Musawa
Honourable Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy, Nigeria

Dr Tunji Alausa
Minister of Education (Former Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare)

H.E Amb Prof. Olufolake Abdulrazaq
First Lady, Kwara State and Chairperson, Nigeria Governors Spouses Forum

Pieter Leenknegt
Belgian Ambassador to Nigeria

HRH Olori Atuwatse III
Queen Consort of Warri Kingdom

HRH Dr. Haliru Ndanusa, CFR
Emir of Shonga

HRH Jacob Adetayo Haastrup, Ph.D
Public Administrator and Policy Analyst, Consultant Communication and Human Resource Management/Traditional Head/Ruler

Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman
Director General - National Institute for Legislative & Democratic Studies

Senator Sharafadeen Alli
Oyo South Senatorial District in the Nigerian Senate

Kafilat Adetola Ogbara (Mrs)
Chairman, House Committee on Woman Affairs and Social Development, Member House of Representatives, Kosofe Federal Constituency

Dr Emeka Vitalis Obi
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning

Mr Udeme Ufot
Chairman, Policy Innovation Centre

Mr Olaniyi Yusuf
Chairman, Nigeria Economic Summit Group

Dr Tayo Aduloju
Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Economic Summit Group

Dr. Osasuyi Dirisu
Executive Director, Policy Innovation Centre

Dr Mojisola Odeku
Senior Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Dr Hussaini Abdu, PhD
Country Director, CARE Nigeria

Dr Usie Charles
Country Director, Plan International Nigeria

John Makina
Country Director, Oxfam International

Joy Aderele
Country Director, Self Help Africa

Takudzwa Kanyangarara
Gender and Development Manager, UNICEF

Taimur Samad
Operation Manager, World Bank

Dr. Oluwatobiloba Moody
Director, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Dr Omokhudu Idogho
Managing Director, Society for Family Health (SFH)

Chukwuemeka Onyimadu, PhD
National Feminist Economist, UN Women's Country Office, Nigeria

Nabila Aguele
Chief Executive, Malala Fund, Nigeria

Rhoda Robinson
Executive Director, HACEY Health Initiative

Anyogu Ngozi Onyemuwa
CEO, AG MORTGAGE BANK PLC

Gabriel Okeowo
Country Director, BudgIT

Aisha Aminu
Country Director, New Faces New Voices

Ayokanmi Ayuba
Country Program's Director, TechnoServe

Zainab Bashir Yau
Director, DermaRx; Co-Founder, Aesthetica Gambia; Founder, Spabox

Afeez Olajire
Managing Partner CEO, ACE Strategy and Consults

Fr. Atta Barkindo (PhD)
Executive Director, The Kukah Centre; Head of Secretariat, National Peace Committee

Sheikh Muhammad Nurudeen Lemu
Director, Research and Training, Dawah Institute of Nigeria; Assistant General Secretary, Islamic Education Trust (IET), Minna

Dr Oghenefejiro Nwoko
Managing Director, Nigerian Solidarity Support Fund

Dr. Raihanah Ibrahim
Principal/Director SCIDaR

Joy Ehinor-Esezebor
Program Manager, Ford Foundation

Kayode Okikiolu
TV Anchor with Africa's News leader Channels Television

Temi Badru
International compère; Founder, Voices and Faces Communications

Egemba Chinonso Fidelis
Aproko Doctor

Ini Dima-Okojie
Actress and Women's Health Advocate

Folu Storms
Broadcaster and Media Executive

Honourable Murtala Mohammed Dabo
Commissioner for Agriculture, Kaduna State

Adekemi Omole
Gender and Inclusion Lead, Policy Innovation Centre

Ashley Immanuel
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Semicolon

Dolapo Agbede
Disability Inclusion Advisor, Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD)

Chris Agbajogu
Behavioural Insights Specialist, Policy Innovation Centre

Sadi Ibrahim
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Kano State

Orode Uduaghan
Honourable Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs, Community Support Services, and Girl Child Development, Delta State

Doyin Adewola
Founder/CEO, Roomeo

Emezino Afiegbe
Gender Centre of Excellence Lead, EFInA

Honourable Ifaluyi-Isibor Ogbeide
Commissioner, Ministry of Digital Economy Science and Technology (MDEST)

Wisdom Omata
Country Shadow Director, Plan International, Nigeria

Honourable Balarabe Musa Kadadi
Commissioner, Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, Sokoto State

Dr Kemi DaSilva-Ibru
Founder, Women at Risk International Foundation (WARIF)

Garba Aliyu Gayari
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Zamfara State

Dr Olusesan Makinde
Chief Executive, Viable Helpers Development Organization; Managing Partner, Viable Knowledge Masters

Dr Sophie Mills
Gender Lead, FSD Network

Dr Yilkudi Nengak
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Plateau State

Dr. Ochanya Idoko-Asuelimhen
Director of Technical Services, MSI Nigeria

Akinola Akinwumi
Behavioural Insights Lead, Policy Innovation Centre

Mrs. Yuwa Naps
Permanent Secretary, MDEST, Edo State

Prof. Michael Kunnuji
Head of Department, Sociology, University of Lagos

Dr Bukola George
Advocacy and Research Manager, Policy Innovation Centre

Isa Abdul Osama
DPRS, Ministry of Finance, Budget and Planning, Nasarawa State

Ehimario Igumbor
Principal Partner and Global Health Lead, Optidel Global

Hansatu Adegbite
National Consultant, Private Sector Partnerships, UN Women Nigeria Country office

Ekemini Akpakpan
Executive Secretary, WISCAR

Ifeanyi Nwokolo
Head of Business Development and Financial Inclusion, FCMB

Lehle Balde-Cameron
IMF Youth Fellow and Acumen Fellow

Maureen Ugochukwu
Public Health Specialist

Tawakalit Kareem
Associate Managing Partner at WGC Co.

Tolulope Babajide
Gender Network Manager, FSD Africa

Yetunde Anibaba
Accreditation Director, Lagos Business School

Isaiah Owolabi
Co-Founder, HACEY Health Initiative

Temilade Adeyinka
Gender Equality Communication, Eden Venture Group

Chinenye Uwanaka
Managing Partner, Firma Advisory (TFA)

Jidere Musa
Chairperson - Forum for African Women Educationist, Nigeria

Faiza Muntaka
Partnership & Advocacy Coordinator, CARE International, Nigeria

Dr. Nnennaya Kalu-Umeh
Deputy Director & Technical Advisor to the Director General/CEO, National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA)

Alh Nura Muhammad Dan’Madami
Director General, Bauchi State Agency for Sustainable Microfinance

Yetunde Fatogun
Social Development, Social Sustainability and Inclusion Specialist, The World Bank

Dr. Gafar Alawode
Managing Partner/Program Director, Development Governance International (DGI) Consult

Dr Oritseweyimi Ogbe
Director of Special Duties, The National Primary Health Care Development Agency

Omowunmi Gbamis
Programme Officer NGSF

Fifehan Osinkanlu
Principal, Eden Venture Group

Nsidibe-Abasi Una
Special Initiatives Lead, Gatefield

Aisha Hadejia
Sahel Consulting Agriculture and Nutrition Limited

Gideon Olanrewaju
CEO, Aid for Rural Education Access Initiatives (AREAi)

Tobi Ransomed
Education Advisor & Consortium Lead, Plan International Nigeria

Adokaji Odela
Plan International Youth Advisory

Dr Michele MbooTchouawou
Deputy Director, AWARD

Dr. Patricia Ukegbu
Associate Professor, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike

Roshidat Oyinlola
Assistant Chief Land Resource Officer, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Lilian Treasure
Lecturer, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike

Olamide Deborah Nwanze
Senior Research Associate (Gender Specialist), International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Dr Temitayo Adeyemo
Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan

Dr Sherifat Adegbesan
Senior Lecturer Officer, Edo State College of Education and Natural Resource

Vera Onyeaka-onyilo
Knowledge Management, Communications and Policy Advisor, International Fund of Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Dr. Chinwoke Clara Ifeanyi-Obi
Senior Lecturer, University of Port Harcourt

Ruskiyat Titilola Badmus
Technical Coordinator, GIZ's (AgFin) in Nigeria

Osa S. Bazuaye
Managing Director, Edo State Digital Governance and Management Agency

Precious Asemota
Managing Director, Edo Innovates

Andidiong Okon
Program Director, Public Digital

Mayokun Adediran
Policy Lead, Policy Innovation Centre

Dr. Cornelius Ohonsi
Policy Advocacy Specialist, Policy Innovation Centre

Dr. Mrs. Ruth Agbo
CEO, Association of Women in Trade and Agriculture (AWITA)

Abigail Waya
Head of Service, Nasarawa State Government

Iredele Emmanuel Ogunbayo
Research and Administrative Manager, Innovation Lab for Policy Leadership in Agriculture and Food Security UI

Prof. Saweda Liverpool-Tasie
Principal Investigator, Gates Foundation Funded RSM2SNF and USAID Nigeria Funded PSEG

Prof. Oyinkan Tasie
Michigan State University

Kingsley Nwachukwu
Program Lead - Innovation, Mastercard Foundation

Anthonia Taiwo-Ajayi
Senior HR Manager, Sahel Consulting

Andrea Ruediger
Cluster Coordinator and Project Manager, Sustainable Agricultural System and Policy, GIZ

Jamila Lawal
LAWFF Fellow, Nutritionist Specialist, Jamila Lawal Enterprises Limited

Dennis Aizobu
Managing Director, SFH Access

Elizabeth Ugoh
Director of Water Quality, Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation

Dr. Boluwaji Onabolu
Environmental Health, WASH and Public Health Expert

Shadrack Guusu
Head of WASH, Self Help Africa

Rinmicit Temlong Aboki
Gender Lead, ASG Nigeria

Chioma Momah
Public Policy Lawyer, Author and Coach

Will Bradley
Consultant, Urban Livability & Mobility in Nigeria, The World Bank

Ubah Thomas Ubah
Senior Social Protection Specialist, World Bank

Ayodele Fashogbon, PhD
Economist, World Bank Africa Gender Innovation Lab

Mrs Elizabeth Egharevba
Director, Department of Economics Growth, Federal Ministry of Budget and Economics Planning

Opeyemi Fadeyibi
Monitoring & Evaluation Lead, SWAp Coordination Office, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare

Comfort Booth
Lawyer and TV Personality

Hashimu Adamu
Youth Champion, Plan International

Amarachukwu Nwokokoro
Youth Advocate, UNICEF

Menkiti Vincent
Youth Advocate, UNICEF

Prof Shola Omotola
Professor, Political Science, Federal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), Ekiti State & NILDS Consultant

Abiola Arogundade
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Technical, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Education

Toyin Bashir
Partner, Banwo & Ighodalo

Dr Nana Sandah-Abubakar
Director, Community Health Services, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA)

Prof Lucy Idoko
Professor, Public Health and Community Medicine, Bingham University Karu, Nasarawa State

Kabir Mohammed Abdullahi
Deputy National Program Manager National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO)