GS-24 Speakers
GS-24 > Speakers
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
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
Country Director, Plan International Nigeria
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
Gender Network Manager, FSD Africa
Tolulope Babajide
Head of Business Development and Financial Inclusion, FCMB
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
Abigail Waya
Head of Service, Nasarawa State Government
Iredele Emmanuel Ogunbayo
Research and Administrative Manager, Innovative Lab for Policy Leadership in Agriculture and Food Security UI
Prof. Saweda Liverpool-Tasie
Principal Investigator, Gates Foundation Funded RSM2SNF and USAID Nigerian Funded PSEG
Prof. Oyinkan Tasie
Michigan State University
Kingsley Nwachukwu
program Lead-Innovation Mastercard Foundation
Anthonia Taiwo-Ajayi
Senior HR Manager, Sahel Consulting
Andrea Ruedigar
Cluster Coordination and Project Manager, Sustainable Agricultural System and Policy, GIZ
Prof. Oyinkan Tasie
LAWFF Fellow, Nutritionist Specialist, Jamila Lawal Enterprise 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
Youth Champion, Plan International
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
Andidiong Okon
Program Director, Public Digital
Mayokun Adediran
Policy Lead, Policy Innovation Centre
Dr. Cornelius Ohonsi
Policy Advocacy Specialist, Policy Innovation Centre
Prof Lucy Idoko
CEO, Association of Women in Trade and Agriculture (AWITA)
Kabir Mohammed Abdullahi
Deputy National Program Manager National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO)
