Women Born In The 1950s

"I grew up in a family that so much cherished matooke as a food crop and as a child, I started developing a special attachment to the same. However, I later realized that there was not much literature or research done on matooke."

"You cannot look at a person and tell whether they're good or bad."

"Racism is a grown-up disease, and we must stop using our children to spread it."

"Good and evil comes in all shades and colors... evil is not prejudiced.... evil just needs an opportunity to work through you.... All of us, no matter what we look like, we all have a common enemy, and that is evil. If we don't understand that and come together, then evil will win."

"More researches should be encouraged for non-communicable disease like malaria while rational and acceptable use of recommended drug should be encouraged."

"Matooke is a very starchy food, more so even than maize or potatoes. We realised we could do more with matooke flour than with maize, if you add matooke flour to wheat or maize flour, you get a better product. With its nutrients it can be used as an alternative to wheat."

"The malaria vaccine reduces prevalence, morbidity, and mortality from malaria attacks; the concern is that people take three antigens and then take the vaccines."

"Looking from the astrobiology perspectives, life on Earth started early—just about as soon as it could. The more we learn about the origin of life, the more we realize it may be a likely outcome any time you have the right ingredients. However, if you look at the history of life on Earth, let’s say you put it on a twelve-hour clock, up until four o’clock it was just a world of microorganisms, from four to five o’clock that’s the era of plants coming onto land and animals and creatures in the sea, then after five o’clock until about ten o’clock this will be a world of only microorganisms again. So, in fact, our planet is in its late middle ages in terms of life on the surface. Then from ten o’clock until about midnight, the world will be completely desolate, devoid of life as the sun is running out of its nuclear fuel in the center and its outer atmosphere is expanding. The point is that our world has had big life for only a small slice of its existence and the portion of that which has had technology is even smaller. I think life is presumably abundant everywhere; the most common form is likely going to be microbial life. In addition, the distances are so vast that unless other civilizations have developed both a means of crossing those distances quickly and the desire to do so, plus the energy capability, I don’t know if we’ll see alien intelligence in our lifetime."

"We are so far from being able to move a good fraction of the population anywhere else. Even if Elon Musk and other private individuals manage to start sending humans to Mars, we may be a few hundred years away from putting any sizable population there—and we have to fix Earth right now. Eventually, if we’ve been irresponsible enough to create problems in our world, moving to a new one won’t necessarily solve the problem because we might do the same thing in the future."

"I am deeply saddened by the attack on the Riyom Divisional Police Station, which tragically claimed the life of a Police officer. This act of violence is not only senseless but a painful reminder of the challenges we face in ensuring security across our state. My heart goes out to the family of the fallen officer and the entire Police Force. We must honor their sacrifices by working together to prevent such tragedies from happening again. I call on our security agencies to intensify efforts to bring those responsible to justice. I also urge community members to support these efforts by providing any useful information. Together, we can build a safer, more peaceful Plateau."

"I am deeply saddened about the devastating fire outbreak that resulted in the loss of goods and properties of our market men and women at the Katako Market in Jos North, My heart goes out to all those affected by this tragic event. They are not alone during this difficult time, i stand with them in solidarity, especially that it falls within my constituency. Our administration led by our able Governor Caleb Mutfwang has taken immediate steps to address the situation and provide support to those affected as they navigate through this challenging period. Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected as we work towards recovery and rebuilding."

"Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh was the Lead Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist at a private hospital in Lagos, Nigeria where she worked for 21 years. She had never seen Ebola before but was able to diagnose and contain Nigeria’s first-ever Ebola patient in July 2014. When threatened by Liberian officials who wanted the patient to be discharged to attend a conference, she resisted the pressure and said, “for the greater public good” she would not release him."

"Only seven female Senators (7.63 per cent) and 19 Representatives (5.28 per cent) were elected in 2011 (7th Assembly) as opposed to nine senators and 25 Representatives that sailed through in 2007. Out of those elected in 2007, only three female senators and 11 Reps were re-elected in 2011. The women who shaped the federal legislature in the 7th Senate were Chris Anyanwu, Zainab Kure, Nkechi Nwaogu, Nenadi Usman, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, Helen Esuene and Aisha Jummai Alhassan, who died in May this year in an Egyptian hospital at the age of 61. In the House of Representatives, the women were Hon. Abike Dabiri, Mulikat Adeola-Akande, Nkiru Onyeagocha, Uche Ekwunife, Nnenna Elendu-Ukeje, Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas, Beni Lar, Khadija Bukar Abba-Ibrahim, Elizabeth Ogbaga, Peace Uzoamaka Nnaji, Juliet Akano, Maimunat Adaji, Suleiman Oba Nimota, Folake Olunloyo, Martha Bodunrin, Betty Okogua-Apiafi, Rose Oko and Nkoyo Toyo among others."

"A Nigerian senator, Rose Oko, is dead."

"The late Senator Rose Oko will always be remembered for her good works while alive."

"Let us continue to work for a better Plateau."

"This implies that although women constitute the majority of media students, they are under-represented in employment and managerial positions in media houses and this is an indication of the entry barriers that women face in the media profession"

"There is therefore, a need to strengthen our efforts to achieve Gender Equality for a sustainable tomorrow. A gender-responsive approach to innovation, technology and digital education can help us to increase the awareness of women and girls regarding their rights and civic engagement"

"The Festive Season is a time for people to get together with family and friends, and a time to care and think about others, especially those who are less fortunate and who find the festive season more painfull than cheerful"

"Somebody has not been doing their job since 2006. I know it’s not all of them but those who are not doing their job should be penalised. Officials should be punished when they don’t do their work"

"If you did not do your work, tough luck, we are going ahead with development"

"As an elected public leader and in the spirit of the principle of good governance, public scrutiny, public accountability and personal integrity, I feel duty-bound to request your office to investigate the purported allegations as reported in the media for the past four months"

"There are times when there are appointments with the municipality which coincide with meetings at Home Affairs. What you do is you tend to sacrifice one of them"

"In response to curbing GBV, the MGEPESW has various programmes in place which are continuously implemented. These programmes aim to create awareness, widening people’s knowledge of GBV, encouraging them to report this crime, and avoiding becoming perpetrators. Additionally, there are initiatives that help address the root causes of GBV by empowering those who are victims"

"We need to strengthen measures aimed at addressing women’s and girls’ barriers to digital inclusion. We need to encourage gender-balanced cross-functional innovation and involve women and girls in ICT at all levels in order for us to achieve our desired goals on gender equality"

"The main advances made in the mining sector over the past two years have focused on improving the governance of the sector. In view of the significant challenges of the sector, the government has deemed it necessary to put in place a strategic framework that responds to new development challenges"

"Secondly, Niger's mining code has been revised to take into account certain current concerns and improve the sector’s attractiveness; this is currently pending approvals."

"The ECOWAS Commission and the Government of the Republic of Niger are collaborating to organize the 3rd edition of the ECOWAS Mining and Petroleum Forum, ECOMOF 2021, to be held in Niamey from February 16-18, 2022. ECOMOF is the gathering of the highest government delegations from the fifteen member states of West Africa of ECOWAS: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo."

"I introduced Buhari to politics."

"My husband, late Bala Muhammad was chopped into pieces and burnt alive for his opposition and what he was saying. The day I identified that body, that was the day I decided I will continue where he stopped."

"What I am trying to say is that I always follow my conscience. I will always do things for God and my country and not for myself. Those who think that they can lie for peanut should wait for their end. All the problems we are having in this country are a result of hoping to get something."

"The challenges that Nigeria faces today require me to continue championing the struggle for a better country with a clear conscience as I remain absolutely loyal to Nigeria."

"It’s not easy to deal with sexual violence because it requires capacity-building, providing technical assistance and support, changing laws, working with the judiciary to make sure that this crime is investigated and that the perpetrators are prosecuted"

"We cannot stop the crime taking place as long as there is conflict so we need to end the conflict but in the meanwhile we also need to give hope to these women."

"The Ministry is leading a program of improving knowledge of the mining potential, diversifying partners, improving governance and the increasing of the contribution of the extractive industries to the development of our country."

"women’s groups are also advocating for political parties to introduce voluntary quotas for women’s participation, in case the bill is delayed or not tabled in parliament."

"Sexual violence is being used as a “tactic of terror” to target religious and ethnic minorities and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities"

"The third trend, which seems to come in a much clearer way, is that sexual violence in conflict is being used to forcefully displace people. People are forced out of their communities and off their land because the land is rich in natural resources or because groups want to use it to grow narcotics as is the case in Colombia."

"We are going to the women to say ‘engage your MPs that you want the quota bill passed into law or else you won’t vote for them (in coming elections)"

"The idea is for political parties to ensure that those seats that are reserved for women are winnable seats, but the men are saying that such a policy is undemocratic,”"

"“If we really want to practice true democracy, the women have to be involved… we have been left out for too long"

"think the biggest challenge we have is a lack of understanding about the strategies that these people use and I think that has made it extremely difficult to access them, to engage them, to understand what is driving them and what they do"

"It’s not about competition with men; it’s about working together to move Sierra Leone forward in a very positive way"

"The most important thing is to make sure we have more community engagement, make sure that communities who are involved in this crime, as well as community and religious leaders give us a better understanding of the extent of the crime, the people who have been targeted and to respond in terms of services for the victims"

"Women’s rights groups have defended their position by invoking articles in Sierra Leone’s 1991constitution which say that special measures and policies can be taken where there is inequality that needs to be rectified,"

"I’d like to remind the president that this is elections year, and we think he needs to make sure his MPs support his promises and that we have the gender equality bill (enacted) into law before the elections"

"They (men) say such a rule does not allow people to freely choose who they want to represent them and infringes on people’s basic human rights."

"Once I had my education, I would hear people say, ‘there goes the district administrator’s father."

"The difference was that my father took education seriously."

"He was six and a half years old, but he was so malnourished that he looked like he was three and a half."