Mrs Ibukun Awosika, first woman Board Chairman of First Bank Nigeria Limited believes that attaining such feat as becoming a board member is not something one could pole vault into, neither is it a feat that could be attained through sentiment. To her, being a member of such decision-making body can only be attained through the dint of hard work and ardent determination by doing the unusual. Ibukun Awosika is a leader of many parts.
She is a multiple award-winning entrepreneur and the first Nigerian recipient of the prestigious International Women Entrepreneurial Challenge Award as a nominee of the US Department of State in 2008. And giving a hint on how she entered into the board of the pioneer bank, Mrs Awosika said: “as the oldest and largest bank in the country, First Bank is indeed a massive institution. I was on the board for five years before my appointment as the chair In 2015, the board chair was due to retire.
When we talk of performance, gender shouldn’t enter into the calculus. I was raised in a home where we were not conscious of whether we are male or female. My father impressed upon us that we could achieve anything we want to achieve. Even the Bible that teaches that all things are possible doesn’t say that all things are possible to male and not female,” she said.
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