NNII Set To Hold First Yearly Conference

 

Socio-Cultural Group Of Igbo Women In Nigeria, NNII, To Hold Inaugural Annual Conference.

.....NNII Unveils Programme 

Nkata Ndi Iyom Igbo (NNII) a socio-cultural group of women, has unveiled programme of its one year anniversary.

The programme which bears the theme “Enhancing Women’s Participation and Partnership in Governance and Development,” is scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 21.

A statement by the National publicity secretary, Nnedinso Ogaziechi, revealved that the event would be in three sessions over a few hours.

She further said that the Senator representing Abia South senatorial district and Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, and a few other panelists would be discussing various issues that are dear to the women as equal stakeholders in national development.

Mrs. Ogaziechi, also said that, the vision of the group is to galvanise women across regional and religious lines to intensify the push for complimentary leadership that can facilitate development, especially after the global economic crisis in a pandemic that has triggered deeper problems in all sectors of national and global life.

“This would be in line with the Motto of the group, ‘Partnering for Development,” she added.

The group has a mandate to make the impact of Igbo women to  be felt in all sectors of the nation from the family, regions to national levels.

“This, to Nkata, would entail a revival of our valued cultures and moral ethos, a deeper socio-cultural impact, a better economic empowerment and good political inclusiveness that can fully help to maximise the capacity of empowered women, ” Ogaziechi said.