No fewer than 150 ladies in leadership positions throughout Ondo State have participated in a capacity-building and leadership empowerment retreat aimed toward strengthening governance, bettering service supply and enhancing ladies’s contributions to public administration.
The retreat, organised by the Ondo State Ministry of Ladies Affairs and Social Growth at Nibanola Motherland Resorts and Golf, Ondo City, introduced collectively feminine everlasting secretaries, heads of presidency businesses and parastatals, ladies political leaders and board chairpersons.
Talking on the occasion, the Commissioner for Ladies Affairs and Social Growth, Mrs. Oluwaseun Osamaye, mentioned the programme was designed to equip ladies leaders with the abilities, data and renewed dedication wanted to drive growth and assist the state’s governance agenda.
In accordance with her, the retreat centered on reviewing the influence of ladies in leadership, fostering collaboration amongst feminine leaders and constructing their capability for better effectiveness in their respective organisations.
“This capacity-building workshop is to harness and reassess our shared commitments and unity of goal, particularly in direction of actualising the agenda of the Governor,” Osamaye mentioned.
She disclosed that 150 individuals attended the retreat, describing it as a platform for leadership growth, networking and strategic engagement amongst ladies occupying key decision-making positions.
A significant spotlight of the occasion was the revelation that Ondo State at the moment has 16 feminine everlasting secretaries, the best quantity recorded below any administration in the state.
“Right now we have now 16 feminine everlasting secretaries seated in this auditorium. That’s the best variety of feminine everlasting secretaries below any administration,” she mentioned.
The Everlasting Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Mrs. Foluke Daramola, famous that the gathering supplied alternatives for skilled networking, mentorship and data sharing amongst ladies leaders from totally different sectors.
“It’s a gathering of feminine leadership in Ondo State—prime authorities bureaucrats, NGOs, native authorities representatives and even ladies from the political terrain,” Daramola mentioned.
She added that individuals had been anticipated to return to their numerous organisations higher geared up to mentor rising feminine leaders and enhance efficiency in their workplaces.
“We’re additionally taking away from right here classes on how we will return to our numerous obligation posts to mentor and coach these coming after us, in order that once we go away the stage, they can also step in with minimal stress,” she acknowledged.
Delivering the keynote lecture, Professor Bridget Awoshika of Adeyemi Federal College of Schooling assessed the state efficiency for over the previous 18 months, awarding the administration 18 factors out of a attainable 20.
Awoshika pointed to investments in healthcare, schooling, employment era and girls’s empowerment as proof of progress, whereas additionally praising the federal government’s strategy to gender inclusion.
She inspired ladies to proceed investing in private growth, ability acquisition and entrepreneurship to reinforce their financial independence and contribute to poverty discount.
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