Photo: From left:WIMBIZ Annual Lecture Moderator, Didi Akinyelure; founding member, Board of Trustees, Ifeoma Idigbe; Chairman, Board of Trustees, Funmi Roberts, keynote speaker and Founder, Bolanle Austen-Peters Production and Terra Kulture, Bolanle Austin-Peters; founding member, Board of Trustees (WIMBIZ) & Partner, TLCOM Capital, Dr. Omobola Johnson; founding member, Board of Trustees (WIMBIZ) & CEO, DO.II Designs, Ifeyinwa Ighodalo at the WIMBIZ 15th Annual Lecture held at MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos.
The Executive Director WimBiz, Mrs Hansatu Adegbite, made this known while speaking in the recent event, stating that some successes recorded with women in leadership positions in the banking sector should be replicated in other financial sectors of the nation’s economy to boost national development.
Adegbite said, “Our main target is to ensure that every organisation in the financial industry has at least 35 percent representation of women in leadership positions.
On her part, the Group Head, Strategic Initiatives Management, Strategy Management Department of CBN, Ms Bisi Toro-Popoola, noted that many Nigerians can see that when it comes to the banking sector, Nigeria has made progress in terms of more women in leadership positions and that it is because the CBN is ensuring the implementation of the policy.
“But when you look at other regulatory bodies like in the Insurance, Pension and others, they do not have that same kind of policy. So, it is important for us to consider putting that in policies by various regulators and it grows,” Toro-Popoola said.
(Vanguard)