"In the title are tributes, first to the womb that bore me and hands that rocked my cradle – my mother, Princess Theodora Tobrise, nee Aiwerioghene and other women who advance the cause of women through dramatic creativity in textual or performative contexts."

"Today, this audience is presented with a proud mother, a proud wife, a proud sister and a scholar of no mean repute."

"All these attributes position Evwierhoma as a phenomenal success worthy of emulation. She sits comfortably on this high pedestal today out of due sacrifice, self-denial, hard work and determination to reach her goals; and not a product of any gender friendly/sensitive legislation in favour of women."

"The life of Mabel Evwierhoma should be the greatest inspiration for female emancipation and not necessarily her writings. At 50, she has recorded modest but loud and engaging achievements; as a Professor, author of books, cultural activist, Dean of Arts, Fellow of SONTA and moulder of character."

"She is God fearing and has genuine commitment to her calling. In all these, she is unassuming, humble and humane. To a large extent, she lives by what she advocates and to that extent, she is an inspiration to many people and a pride to womanhood."

"Rape victims are not just stigmatised, but nobody wishes to keep a close relationship with them."

"Most of the contemporary music that is produced and promoted focus on the female genitalia and depicts acts of non-consensual sex."

"Rape is an attack on culture and should be treated as such, and this era whereby rapists would be seen walking about freely without prosecution should be attacked."

"It should state clearly that the federating units are free to opt-out of the union without bloodletting."

"Womanists and feminists whether they are women or men should continue to ventilate what it means to be a woman through writing – that it does not mean she is second-rate."

"I look forward to a day of opportunities granted by God, the Governing Council, Vice Chancellor and Administration of University of Abuja to inform the audience on academic input and output on the path to the Chair."

"If you cannot manage your finances, there’s no way you can equip the lab, there’s no way you can equip ICT, and there is no way you can equip vehicular transportation."

"Global problem of substandard or falsified medicines is a multifaceted issue, with Africa having a 25-30 percent prevalence."

"Lagos State will be starting a clinical trial on chloroquine to evaluate the effectiveness."

"There is drug insecurity, medical devices insecurity, test kits insecurity; we have always depended on other nations for everything."

"We need staff, we also need vehicles, and not too long ago, we got approval for 15 vehicles; but that is a drop in the bucket because we have 36 states."

"When I resumed office as the DG, about 80 per cent of the equipment in the agency’s laboratories were not functioning; directors have no laptops to work with, incessant industrial actions and lack of utility vehicles were the many problems facing the agency."

"It is pertinent to note that every Secondary School in Lagos State uses the Schemes of Work for their daily teaching and learning process. No effective teaching and learning can take place in schools without recourse to it since all topics and scopes of the lessons to be taught are drawn from it."

"One of the drives of my administration is to encourage local manufacturing for products that can be manufactured in Nigeria."

"When I came to NAFDAC, there were a lot of things that were wrong. Take oversight function or whatever that is done."

"All codeine products are to be recalled and the process verified through audit trail verified by NAFDAC."

"The challenges are many and you have to be on your toes every time."

"I enjoyed the programme and had some wonderful facilitators that made me realize there can be possibilities in the midst of impossibilities. Ogechi Adeola is wonderful, very helpful and knowledgeable."

"The system has three major types namely, Igba-boi also known as Igba Odibo (become an apprentice); Imu Oru also known as Imu Oruaka (learn a craft) and Imu Ahia (learn a trade). All types are geared towards the transfer of knowledge or entrepreneurial skills but they differ in approach. Unlike the Igba-boi/Igba Odibo where a mentee will be tutored for free for a period of pre-agreed years, in the Imu Oru/Imu Oruaka and Imu Ahia types, tutorship is paid for by the mentee or mentee’s parents/sponsors."

"We need to be prayerful, praying to God to bless our homes and businesses. It is good to understand that the future is bigger and brighter. Everything would be ok. Because of this, please be diligent in your work and let honesty be your guide."

"We women must join hands to help one another, so we can all move forward because Igbos say there is strength in number."

"Everybody’s destiny is different; everyone should determine what to do in order to make progress. It is not everything you can do. All things are not expedient; please find where your strength lies."

"Continue to put in your best effort in everything you do, all the time. Please don’t let the present situation in the world distract you and make you lose interest in the work you are doing. The Igbos say that “if the chicken stops pecking, what would she use to feed her children."

"Segmentation involves categorizing markets along homogenous or related lines, using some similarity criteria to divide the market into groups."

"Organisational creativity dimensions that drive market performance are more complex than previously thought."

"We will address these challenges by providing world-class practice-focused sales and marketing programs with experienced business experts, trainers, and innovators through teaching, mentoring and experiential learning."

"We want the academy to represent a holistic approach to Sales & Marketing training and development."

"We have identified challenges in the industry which include the gap between theory and practice and the urgent need to provide professionals with the right training, equipping them for every-day work."

"Its important to us in Africa to focus attention not only on those things which have come from outside, but on those that have evolved from within our own African environment and whom our society has acknowledged as a source of pride to us. It is within this"

"If you keep upgrading some professionals and you let others shout before they get what they want, those who are not interested in shouting will look elsewhere."

"What is making people go away? They are not satisfied with their take home pay; they are not satisfied with the lifestyle they have to live. There are physiotherapists in state services and some of them have not been paid for seven months.And they have to pay more for fuel and electricity."

"UCH has more than 50 physiotherapists. But that particular hospital has 10 physiotherapists. So there is no way there can be effectiveness, because the few physiotherapists have to cover outpatient department and inpatients. We are talking of a hospital that has more than 500 beds capacity. So, we are missing."

"As the Americans acknowledged, it is cheaper to recruit than to train physiotherapists, because the cost of training is very high.Our training is dependent on very expensive equipment."

"Remember that there was an era of brain drain in 1988 to 2000. And physiotherapy was one of most affected professions. It was as if we were training for export. There was a particular set of my students in 1990. Only one out of over 20 of them is left in Nigeria practicing. And they are doing great abroad."

"Physiotherapy started as an area of need after the Second World War.The British government sent about two physiotherapists from the UK to Nigeria to treat World War victims. And what they did was to gather few people who had school certificate and train them. Those trained were called physiotherapy technicians; they were trained at Igbobi Hospital. For a long time, these were the ones rendering services. But then, some Nigerians went to the UK to obtain the same qualification the Europeans had. The first ones that got there qualified in 1953 and came back to University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. We can say that was when we started properly."

"I will say within the prevailing environment, I am fairly satisfied, although we could have gone further."

"I focused my mind on the vision and how we will achieve this vision and chart the way forward for the University."

"One will begin to wonder whether we have lost our humanity or we no longer value human lives, life belongs to God, no one on earth has the right to take another’s life."

"As a leader you have to tolerate certain things for peaceful co-existence."

"Not really. My parents were liberal."

"My dad worked with the Oyo State Civil Service while my mum was a trader."

"I attended Sacred Heart Convent School and Jericho High School, both in Ibadan for my primary and secondary school education respectively."

"How I became Africa’s first female professor in quantity surveying."

"The young quantity surveyors should not major on minor. They should not focus on money now. They should get all the necessary trainings, acquire the needed skills, be more focused and determined, be law abiding, have the fear of God in them. As a quantity surveyor, honesty, transparency and probity should be their watchword and they should be diligent in the performance of their professional duties. With all these qualities in them, sky will be their starting point and money will “run” after them."

"My contribution will be in the areas of advancement of the teaching and the practice of quantity surveying, mentoring of the younger ones to maturity academically and professionally. I will also like to contribute my professional expertise to the attainment of sustainable national growth by advocating the use of indigenous raw construction materials because that is the only way the cost of construction can reduce drastically. Nigeria is blessed with many untapped natural and mineral resources that can be used in the production of construction materials. The use of locally sourced materials has a multiplying effect on the Economy – creation of jobs, increase in our foreign reserves and boosting of our Economy."