Women Activists From Nigeria

"stand up, shake it up, and keep going."

"Every immigrant have its purpose that it is, they fill some gaps to improve the situation in Europe and also get shelter and security in terms of war situations."

"“We celebrate today because there are women and men who have made it possible,”"

"The powerful force that unite us is our human dignity... I beg you as we move on today and I urge you that we all have potential in us to ask ,to ask that we don't see the other person as the other but we are because they are,The concept of the other does not make us understand each other, so let's ask that we see the other person as we. That is one step that each of us can take, then we can seek peace but above all as the drum of war is now ringing let us knock at the door of peace"."

""It is the ability when we look at issues of international peace and justice and freedom that we remember that dialogue does not hurt, that we can engage that we don't have enemies, people can disagree with us, but they are not our enemies at all and that we can make allies"."

"Nigeria is home to over 200 million brothers and sisters with different cultures and tribes and faiths and beliefs; things and differences that the government has used for the longest time to pit us against each other. But the ENDSARS movement swept that away even if it was just for time being."

"Fela likens the Nigerian military to mindless zombies following idiotic orders. It was relevant then. It is relevant today. And it most likely will be relevant tomorrow in the future."

"Corruption, tyranny, abuse of power, do not go on a break."

"Lia called the shooting 'a fabrication of a massacre without bodies'. He said I was a Purveyor of fake news with the intent of tarnishing the nation's image, that I'm a terrorist."

"I witnessed protesters collaborating and helping each other protesters, giving food and water to the same police who's been killing us off every day. Others provided security, another group provided funds that were donated to them I mean in the hundreds of thousands of dollars for legal and medical attention to protesters who needed it. This is the real Nigeria."

"I couldn't go home to where I lived because we got reports of strange men lurking around my apartment complex."

"SARS stands for Special Anti-Robbery Squad. Trust me, it's truly a special bunch. A special breed of armed robbers in uniform. A special group and gang of rapists in the badge. A special crowd of murderers with a license to carry a gun."

"For years young Nigerians like myself with interesting hairstyles, ripped jeans, iPhones, nice cars have been harassed, extorted, illegally detained, tortured, raped, and killed by the Nigerian police. Specifically, a unit of the Nigerian police called SARS."

"Another member that was standing behind me came up to me and said someone is taking out the cameras from the toll gate. And I said: do you recognize who, because we had, I think, the real heart of Nigerians there. We did not destroy anything. Except for Graffiti. We did not take anything, we did not take anything from the toll gate we cleaned up after ourselves. So we wanted to be sure it wasn't happening, it wasn't a protester that was doing that. And then we found out that it was one of their staff, you know, we have the LCC uniform. Those are the people that manage the toll gate. We took a picture just to keep and to sort of use as proof that we didn't destroy or take anything. And then we realized that the big billboard that is over the toll gate had been turned off. And so just before 7, it was like to 7, maybe a quarter to 7 not sure of the exact time but 7. We had gunshots coming from behind. At first, it was chaotic as we didn't know where the gunshots were coming from. We didn't know what the gunshots were about. And then the lights went off. I think the rest of that is just the most tragic thing."

"We got information that the Governor wanted to see me and six other people. And I remember saying to them that we have no leader if the governor wanted to speak to us, he should kindly come to the tollgate and address Nigerians because we've been out for over 11 days."

"The best thing we can do if people can't make it home, we will sit still, don't do anything, don't move, we will sit still and would sleep over till night. It was at the toll gate."

"What started as a protest against police brutality, especially the unit called SARS, unfortunately just degenerated into something I still find it hard to reconcile within my heart."

"My first introduction to the existence of haters was in rap music."

""The regime might not have been a perfect one, but I want to seize this opportunity to seek forgiveness from the Ulamas and Nigerians in general. We all need to work together to achieve a better Nigeria.”"

"“I am optimistic that our common interest in promoting girl-child education can expand beyond its present scope”."

"“Prospect of promoting quality health and education of girl-child both at school and at home are seriously challenged”."

"“This intervention provides a lead way of what we can do together to support these young brains to attain a brighter future because of the challenges facing girl-child education”."

"“The establishment of the Future Assured College in Maiduguri, Borno State recently is to provide for the education of young girls affected by the insurgency”."

"“It is commendable that state governors have closed down schools; however, this could be counterproductive if parents are still going to work. We should not isolate students and expose their parents. Let us remember that they will meet at home”."

"“It is disheartening to note that some aspirants used their hard-earned money to purchase nomination forms, got screened, cleared, and campaigned vigorously yet found their names omitted on Election Day, these forms were bought at exorbitant prices”."

"“We must say the truth”."

"“The president does not know 45 out of 50, for example, of the people he appointed and I don’t know them either, despite being his wife of 27 years”."

"The fear of being called a bloody hater hangs like a garrotte around our neck. We don’t want to be choked so we nod and agree: “yes, you are a fantastic actress!” When in reality she is nothing close to being fantastic."

"So how do we improve as a people? How do we strive for excellence when, as a matter of fact, people get celebrated for being wack, uninspiring and unexceptional? How do we deliver?"

"We are a growing generation of zombies, we find it hard to truly express how we feel about anything"

"Now the word “hate” has gone beyond just a few neighbours who think little of you. With the help of social media and the revelation of everything under the sun, hate is the new middle name for anybody who breaks a sentence with the word."

"Reason dictates that when you make a mistake, there’s always a bunch of people on the side-line who will get on your case and try as much as they can to put you in check."

"We advocate for everyone to stand up for their rights and those of others. For this reason WELA stand for equality and Justice through human right education"

"The ideology underpinning the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UDHR, is a simple yet, profound one which proclaims that all human beings are born free and equal with dignity and rights."

"You need to know your human rights because a population ignorant of its rights cannot demand or defend them. Yet, few in the world know even two or three of their 30 rights."

"In times like this, we all must come together to educate ourselves and our youth in basic human rights. These rights were set forth by the United Nations in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The purpose of the Human Rights walk is to unite all people in these rights and to make them a reality."

"The need to end discrimination against women in Nigeria and close the existing gender gap also necessitated the birth of WELA to assist in efforts to stop the abuses against women and dismantle all the gender barriers that penalise women and girls in Nigeria"

"We are using this opportunity to remind them that it is the constitutional responsibility of the government under chapter two of the constitution to provide security for the people. It is as if they are helpless, let them resign and let us know that we don’t have a government"

"We must stand up for equality, justice and human dignity because it is vital to each and every one of us all – woman, man and child"

"... A country is deemed great that truly cares about its children aka pikins, and the most vulnerable."

"The poor also have rights to the city and there are more humane and inclusive ways of running ‘a mega city’ than the brutal and sledgehammer approach that currently obtains here."

"Most people who violate the right of others are cowards. Once you draw attention to their crimes, once you stand up to them they withdraw and people are safe"

"When you know your stand and stay consistently by it, eventually you will prevail."

"When the legendary Nelson Mandela made his famous quote ‘there can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children' he most likely had the humanity-indicting apartheid system in mind. Were he alive now and a Nigerian, he would have replaced the last strand of the sentence with ‘the way in which it allows the tobacco industry, merchants of death, to toy with the lives and destinies’ of its children."

"Your dreams will come true."

"The girl child is just like an egg that can easily be damaged through teenage pregnancy, sexual abuse etc, hence, the need to protect them."

"My statuses are designed to read the Nigerian mind and mentality. I want to fix this country and being a politician is not the only way to do it."

"But, why are we commercializing religion and brainwashing the congregation? I will become a Woman of God very soon and use my prophetic abilities and bible story knowledge to apply wisdom to your lives. Prison always make all inmates spiritual…right"

"That prison is a big newsroom, but Nigerian prisons need reform. I met ex-Biafrans and Niger Delta agitators in the prison"

"Today I made my debut as an actress. I will be acting in different films IJN. Nollywood is not an easy job. I want to really commend all the actors, actresses, extras, set designers, directors, and producers. It is HARD HARD WORK. I worked on a movie today with Director @toyin_abraham. She is dynamic”"