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Viewing cable 07ABUJA177, NIGERIA: NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07ABUJA177 2007-01-26 10:32 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Abuja
VZCZCXYZ0000
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHUJA #0177 0261032
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 261032Z JAN 07
FM AMEMBASSY ABUJA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8454
INFO RUEHOS/AMCONSUL LAGOS PRIORITY 6020
UNCLAS ABUJA 000177 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR S/WE SASHA MEHRA, GERDA LANE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PHUM PINR KWMN NI
SUBJECT: NIGERIA: NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN 
 
REF: STATE 202341 
 
1. Per reftel request, names follow of the six most 
influential women in Nigerian government and civil society. 
 
2. PROFESSOR DORA AKUNYILI: Director General, National Agency 
for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).  Ms. 
Akunyili, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, is 
responsible for ensuring the safety and authenticity of 
prescription drugs and food items and has received several 
local and international awards for her work.  She is 
considered a hero of sorts for her work fighting pirated 
medications.  "Dr. Dora," as she is often called, is 
reportedly motivated in her fight by personal tragedy.  Dr. 
Akunyili's younger sister reportedly died after taking a fake 
 
drug that was marketed as insulin.  Contact information: 
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, 
Plot 2032, Olusegun Obasanjo Way, Zone 7, Wuse District, 
Abuja, FCT.  Tel.: 234-9-524-0995/6, 524-1109.  Mobile: 
234-803-311-2282. 
 
3. MRS. ESTHER NENADI USMAN: Honorable Minister of Finance. 
Mrs. Usman, current head of President Obasanjo's 
reform-focused Economic Team, hails from Kaduna State where 
she previously held several portfolios as State Cabinet 
member.  Contact information: Ministry of Finance, Finance 
Building, Ahmadu Bello Way, Central Area, Abuja, FCT.  Tel.: 
234-9-234-6930, 234-0936. 
 
4. MRS. OBIAGELI EZEKWESILI: Honorable Minister of Education. 
 Mrs. Ezekwesili, a chartered accountant and management 
consultant by trade, has been instrumental in introducing 
effectiveness and transparency into government and nicknamed 
"Madame Due Process."  She is regarded as President 
Obasanjo's last ditch effort to make good on his 
long-standing promise to reform the faltering education 
sector.  Moreover, she is often cited by press and other 
contacts as being part of internal Villa deliberations with 
President Obasanjo on a full range of policy matters.  She 
previously served as Minister of Solid Minerals.  Contact 
information: New Federal Secretariat, Phase III, 1st Floor, 
Shehu Shagari Way, Maitama District, Abuja, FCT.  Tel.: 
234-9-523-0720, 523-7839. 
 
5. JUSTICE ALOMA MARIAM MUKHTAR: Justice, Supreme Court of 
the Federal Republic of Nigeria.  Justice Mukhtar, the first 
female appointed to the position of Supreme Court Justice, 
also was the first female Judge of the High Court of Kano 
State.  Contact information: Supreme Court of the Federal 
Republic of Nigeria, Three Arms Zone, P.M.B. 308, Garki 
District, Abuja, FCT.  Tel.: 234-9-670-1344. 
 
6. MRS. NDI OKEREKE-ONYUIKE: Director General, Nigerian Stock 
Exchange.  Mrs. Okereke-Onyuike serves as both head of the 
Nigerian Stock Exchange and Chairperson of Transcorp, which 
purchased the leading Nigerian telecommunications giant NITEL 
and the Hilton Hotel, Abuja.  President Obasanjo holds 
significant shares in Transcorp.  She is viewed as one of 
Nigeria's most prominent and influential women.  Contact 
information: Stock Exchange House, (8th, 9th, and 11th 
Floors), 2/4 Customs Street, P.O. Box 2457, Lagos.  Tel.: 
234-1-266-0287.  Fax: 234-1-266-8724, 234-1-266-8281. 
 
7. DR. JOY OGWU: Honorable Minister of Foreign Affairs.  Dr. 
Ogwu, an University of Ibadan-trained Political Scientist, 
was selected by former United Nations Secretary General Kofi 
Annan to serve as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the 
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR). 
She previously served as the Director General of the Nigerian 
Institute for International Affairs (NIIA), one of Nigeria's 
premier public sector foreign policy think tanks.  Contact 
information: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maputo Street, off 
Abidjan Street, Zone 3, P.M.B. 130, Wuse District, Abuja, 
FCT.  Tel.: 234-9-523-0185/9, 523-4467.  Fax: 234-9-523-4467, 
523-0361. 
 
8. Embassy's point of contact for women's issues is Rabia 
Qureshi, who can be reached at QureshiRY@state.gov and 
234-9-461-4225. 
CAMPBELL