Daisy Osunde, Former Chairperson, Edo NLC Women Committee Heads SWS, Edo State

The Edo State Chapter of the Standup for Women Society (SWS) was launched yesterday in Benin City in an elaborate Inauguration ceremony  which was graced by women civil society activists from various walks of life, and witnessed Comrade Daisy Osunde, immediate past Chairperson,  NLC   Women Committee, Edo State  sworn in as Chairperson alongside 27 other executive members. 

A practising journalist and Senior Manager in the Edo Broadcasting Service, EBS, Benin, Liberator Daisy Osunde also served as Vice Chairperson, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Edo State Council and Zonal Secretary, Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, South-South Zone. 

The Inauguration ceremony which was held at the PSW Hall, Evbomodu, along Auchi Road, Benin City
had as theme: Tackling Economic Depression: Task Before Women.

Lion Patience Eferyana, Global Service Team Coordinator in Region 9 of  the International Association of Lions Club, and guest speaker,  stated that several issues of life continue to challenge the resolve of women to be better partners in progress with their male counterparts, among which she listed poverty, illiteracy  and  various forms of abuse as culprits.

She enjoined women to see economic depression as  a global issue that must be tackled with greater determination and hardwork,  and tasked them to be ahead in diligent  planning to enable them meet with the challenges before them, especially the challenge of conquering hunger and building stable families. 

She noted that skill acquisition would help women to be more active partners and implored women not to be idle, no matter their educational attainments. 

In their goodwill messages, various speakers, including Mrs Julie Umuerri, Former Director for Information and Communication commended women for their resilience in the face of economic hardship and appealed to them to be more committed to the task of  child upbringing to ensure their children turned out good ambassadors wherever they found themselves and have an assured  future. 

Hon Amen Ogbemudia-Uhunmwangho, daughter of  Late Dr S.O. Ogbemudia, first Civilian governor of Edo and Delta States stated that education remains the best bet in gaining freedom from economic backwardness, and encouraged women to have the basic educational qualifications that would enable them seek elective and appointive offices in order to have a voice and to team up in building a viable society. She also commended the National President for carefully selecting her team, which she described as the best to propel the visions of the organization. 

Also in her goodwill message, Liberator Stella Macaulay, Chairperson,  SWS Delta State praised Barrister Deborah A. Ijadele-Adetona, President of the organization for her initiative and commitment to the cause of women, even as she implored the new executives to see their  emergence as service to humanity and work as a team,  with one purpose, which is to change the fortune of women for the better.

Hon Freedom Mudiare Ewharekuko, Special Assistant on Community Affairs to Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, Governor of Delta State applauded the visions of the organization and promised to partner with with it in the area of grassroot advocacies for women's development.  

In her address, Barr. Deborah A. Ijadele-Adetona, National President of the organization tasked the executives to be self energised and motivated for the advocacies ahead even as she advised women to be committed to family values, be respectful to their spouses and see them as partners in progress rather than as competitors. Reeling out the vision of the organization to include being in the bandwagon of facilitating the  empowerment of women through access to information, frontliner in advocacies on gender issues,  and platform for enhancing creativity and  equal opportunities for all, she also stated that the SWS works in cocert with relevant human rights agencies in defense of women's human rights. 

Regaling the audience with an  account of her humble beginnings and self determination to break beyond the glass ceiling, the President   encouraged women not to see their social status as limitation in their pursuit of self actualization.

Joining Barr. Ebun Okoduwa to administer the oath of office, she tasked the executives to be above board. 

Highpoint of the event was the unveiling of the SWS-Edo Charity Boxes,  an initiative of the state chapter to raise funds for widows, orphans, women who cannot afford maternal care and other less privileged persons in the society. Secretary of the organization, Liberator Grace Ijeoma Umeh stated that humanitarian giving will be a continuous part of the organisation's mantra for success and progress and enjoined all to key into it.  

Cultural dance presentations, cutting of the inauguration cake, health talk by the Winning Edge Health Supplements group were part of side attractions at the event even as new members were registered.

The executives will hold office for two years.

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