Women Academics From Nigeria

"My attention has been drawn to an article regarding my endorsement of a certain political party and its presidential candidate ahead of the 2023 general elections,” the statement reads."

"So, it is time for all well-meaning Nigerians to speak up on the side of education, especially to assist the government on possible strategies to adopt in the reopening of schools without an upsurge in the spread of the pandemic."

"In any case, online lessons cannot take the place of face-to-face teaching in the education of young citizens, so, it is inevitable"

"Many young people are impatient and want to succeed without putting in the time. The formula for success, if there is one, is hard work and opportunity. No one likes the hard work bit, but they are on the look-out for opportunities so they move from job to job, and from sector to sector, without actually staying in one place to learn anything or add value to anyone."

"Towards that end, each school, including the tertiary ones, can be mandated to prepare a draft of how they would manage social distancing and other aspects to prevent any spread of the pandemic,"

"And it should always echoes in our ears that, there is reward for everything we are doing on earth because we would face judgement from God."

"In view of the current economic situation, the foundation further increase the value of the grants for meaningful impact in addition to some empowerment equipment."

"Sexual corruption manifests as any requests for any kind of sexual activity or intimate activity in exchange for access to public services or privileges"

"I am happy about my promotion to the rank of a rear admiral in the Nigerian Navy and the fact that it is during my lifetime that females are now being recruited into the Nigerian Defense Academy to train as regular combatant officers."

"It was tough training in the Navy Training was tough and the best way I can describe it to you is to multiply what they put you through during National Youth Service Corps by 20 times and then you get an idea of what the training was like. I enjoyed it but wao, it was tough. But the good thing was that at the end of it all you come out fitter than you have ever been in your life."

"This definition introduces the element of ethnicity or regionalism."

"At this stage of my career, my interest is in developing the next generation of procurement lawyers and academics in Africa and I am the deputy director of the African Procurement Law Unit in Stellenbosch University that provides resources, training and mentoring to procurement scholars and also serves as a platform for networking between African procurement scholars."

"You don't need to be a politician before empowering people who are in need just like what Prof. Durosinmi is doing."

"What we should be conscious of now is life after death because it will takes the grace of God to live extra thirty years from today."

"Give God room to work and thrive in whichever environment or season you find yourself. In other words, make it work!"

"Everyone pays a price if they are successful. Sometimes, the price is in terms of the hard work one has to put in, or the price may be in terms of giving up distracting financial opportunities to stay focused on your goals. Some people might choose to sacrifice personal goals for professional ones or vice versa."

"In Nigeria, the challenges of our public schools are worrisome already without the COVID-19 pandemic; from overcrowded classrooms to the poor sitting arrangement, stuffy classrooms, poor infrastructure, poor hygiene, shortage of classrooms and teachers."

"If you destroy education, you destroy humanity."

"A system of communication which consists of a set of sounds and written symbols which are used by the people of a particular country or region for talking or writing"

"A language is shared by an ethnic group or a particular country or region."

"It describes vividly the role played by Nigerian educational institutions in shaping African Literature.The presentation makes it abundantly clear that Nigerian educational institutions (both formal and informal) play a significant role in shaping creative African Literature through encouraging creative writing programmes and workshops, establishing literary clubs and organisations, hosting literary festivals and events, providing resources and mentorship, among others.A few recommendations are proffered. Parents at home and school authorities in schools should encourage the young ones to develop their creative writing abilities and have a great passion for African Literature."

"The study shows that the evidence is overwhelming: prevention is a crucial and effective way to address substance use and disorders associated with it. By investing in prevention programmes and strategies, we can actually reduce the risk factors which lead to substance use disorder, improve the overall health and well-being and save lives. It is high time we shifted our focus from treating solely substance use disorder to also investing in prevention."

"The issue of which language is most appropriate for expressing an authentic African experience in creative African writing is a polemic one. Opinions are divided on what can best express African Literature and what African Literature is. This essay makes a synopsis of the views of the various schools of thought on both subjects before taking a position. It maintains that the medium of African literary expression, in the particular circumstance, French, faces the challenges of globalization and liberalization so much so that it has passed from its derogatory status of colonial master's language/Foreign or European Language in colonial African Literature to sarcastic but more acceptable inherited or imported language in postcolonial Francophone African Literature. The present trend, in postmodern African creative writing of French Expression, shows a marked evolution and transformation ..."

"Youths cannot make positive contributions to national development if not given opportunity to do so."

"We need to understand the behavioral aspects of corruption, including how it relates differently to men and women."

"The Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill serves as a legislative vehicle to drive the agenda for a more inclusive society. Gender inequality is a major hindrance to our progress, affecting not only democracy but also our socioeconomic growth, which should be the ultimate goal of any democratic system."

"When encountering corruption in public settings, how do people behave? This is a critical area for examination."

"This is a bureaucratic system that espouses a hybrid form of colonial structures, elements of political offices that service a presidential system of government and yet, components of traditional systems."

"ABC Series’ is one of the communication and dissemination platforms for research."

"Both men and women should be able to engage with the government they elect."

"This is an insightful drama about people groping in the dark in their search for the truth until they come into contact with the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ ( The Way, The Truth and The Life, The Only Way back to God), give their lives to Jesus, accept Him as their personal Saviour and Lord and have eternal life."

"We must altogether assist our youths to achieve their full potentials by creating the enabling environment for them."

"And if she would have owned up to it, it would have been like, ‘OK.’ But let’s not cower under the guise and say, ‘Oh, I’m concerned.’ It wasn’t rooted in concern."

"A front-row seat to history!! Thank you to the DNC for inviting me to be a part of this historic moment."

"When your friendship unit is really strong and you genuinely care for someone, everything else, you do it as a team."

"We always talk about everything. When I told him what was said, he was like, ‘I’m sorry that someone who you thought was a friend did this to you."

"We must do all we can to increase the opportunity of women to grow, to defend, protect, and facilitate children's sound, physical and psychological development through promotion of activities to alleviate poverty."

"Our research thus far provides us with some understanding of why traditional approaches to stemming corrupt practices, including detection-based technical fixes, investigation, prosecution and sanctions have recorded little success. We now understand corruption to be a complex-adaptive problem, hence our leaning towards behavioural solutions."

"You come out more disciplined and you come out with a commitment to keep fit."

"Most diseases could be prevented by personal hygiene. If you maintain a clean environment, wash your hands properly as often as possible, bath regularly, drink clean water, handle and prepare food safely, clean frequently used surfaces and objects properly, etc., you will be safe from a lot. Little acts such as these will prevent a lot of diseases."

"I had a dream to get to the top of my career and nothing was going to let me go off that dream. Sometimes it looked like a distant dream, sometime it would even fade to a dot in the horizon, sometime I would want to give up but the good thing was that I had a lot of supportive people who believed in me, people who, when the going got really rough, said to me, no, you cannot give up."

"Women who want to be up there must work for it. It is not a joke, you must show that you can do it. -At the 100 Years of the Nigerian Woman -Achieving 50/50 by 2020, Lagos, April 2013."

"The major challenge, I must be very honest with you, is the fact that you know you meet a lot of men who wonder what you are doing in their territory and you have to spend everyday of your life proving that you should be here. For me there is nothing in this constitution that says I am not a full fledged citizen of this country. I don't see it anywhere, but you see, there are still people who still have issues with that, and such people vent their frustration on you. But you have to be resilient enough and claim your place because nobody is going to give it to you."

"If somebody offends in a squadron they will punish the whole squadron, I couldn't understand it. I was like if somebody offends and the person owns up why should you punish all of us? But one of the instructors told me that look, if you are in a hostile situation may be in a war situation you have to look out for everybody and that the mistake of one person can cause everybody's life because your survival depends on you as a group."

"Life was very interesting while I was undergoing my training as a naval officer. First of all, you know I had done NYSC so I had the creamy taste of military training. But the real Navy basic training was much more than that, and the thing is that at the end of it all you know it taught me a lot of discipline and it gave me strength that I didn't know I had, physical strength; so it was very good. Even though the training was not easy, the truth is that after surviving the first few days when you are acheing all over, you actually get used to it. I mean the human body is very resilient and at the same time interesting and you can actually train yourself to get used to it."

"My journey from United Kingdom to Lagos, took only 6:20hours. The journey was 3000 kilometers to Nigeria. It is a pity that my trip to Iwo from Lagos, a journey of 200 kilometers took six hours”. This was the condition of our infrastructure in Nigeria."

"We are the changes and we are part of the changes we want in Nigeria."

"I believe I have something to offer to ANA. I have a great contribution to make to ANA. It doesn’t matter how many times I will be contesting; the most important thing is that there is something I want to give to ANA, and that I really want to achieve."

"So feminism means work to maintain a good family; live for your family; live for your husband; let your ideas match that of your husband; move beside your husband and be one in decision and in unison. Any other thing is not feminism."

"In our contemporary society, we say behind a very successful man there is a woman, but I don’t think it is right to place your wife or woman behind you."