Olajumoke Omolola, Coordinator PEP4NW Lagos wins UNICAF’S essay competition

 

LAGOS -The Co-ordinator, Progressive Empowerment Project for Nigerian Women (PEP4NW) Lagos State Chapter, Comrade Olajumoke Omolola has emerged as first runner up in UNICAF’S Essay Competition under the topic: THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN EMPOWERING TO SUCCEED, in commemoration of International Women’s Day 2024.

The competition was designed as annual event to raise the voice of women and bring out the creative ingenuity in them.

Announcing the result of the Essay Competition, Kehinde Ayodele Olasanmi, Marketing and Public Relations Manager, UNICAF, states that apart from the price money, announced winners – 1st, 2nd, 3rd in the competition will also get a generous UNICAF scholarship of 75% to study online with UNICAF, in fulfilment of UNICAF’s vision of increasing access to quality higher education.

“I’m proud to have come 2nd in a competition that had participants from outside the shores of Nigeria” says an elated Olajumoke Omolola. “I’m also honoured and humbled to have participated in the essay competition. Beyond the price money and the scholarship, UNICAF has also significantly raised the stakes in our collective drive to deepen the economic space with the active involvement of the Nigerian Women in creating sustainable means of livelihood. An empowered woman is an equipped woman with the requisite tools to play her role in the development of the country.”

The topic of the Essay Competition resonates with the objective of Progressive Empowerment Project for Nigerian Women which has been involved in activities, programmes and projects designed to elevate women and expand the scope of their participation in economic activities, particularly at grassroots level.