Top 5 Powerful Women in Nigeria

It is rather hard for a woman to get political power in such country as Nigeria. But there are always some exceptions. Naij.com made a list of Nigerian women who get the power.

1. Omobola Johnson

Minister of Communication Technology Mrs. Omobola Johnson

Mrs. Omobola Johnson is the Minister of Communication Technology. She has a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester; Master’s in Digital Electronics, King’s College, London; doctorate in Business Administration, School of Management, Cranfield University.
She has been working in a variety od industries for more than 25 years. She is the Vice-Chair, Global Agenda Council on Africa, World Economic Forum; Founding Chairperson and Member of the Board of Trustees, Women in Management and Business; Chairperson, UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development; Member, Broadband Commission Working Group on Gender, UNDP. Member, m-Powering Development Advisory Board, ITU; Advisory role to the UN General Assembly and ECOSOC.
2. Sally Mbanefo

Sally Mbanefo is the Director-General Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC)

Mrs. Sally Mbanefo graduated from the University of Lagos in 1986 with a degree in law. She has 26 years of corporate professional experience in Banking, Manufacturing, and Oil & Gas sectors, with a stint in private and social entrepreneurial practice.
She began her career in the Treasury department of Abacus Merchant Bank Limited (one of the first indigenous banks in Nigeria) in 1989 where she spent 15 years. Sally managed two Public Offers for the bank that later became IMB Plc and today FCMB Plc. She is currently the Director General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation.
3. Arunma Oteh

Arunma Oteh is the Director General Securities & Exchange Commission

Ms. Arunma Oteh became the Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nigeria, in January 2010. She was elected as a Chairperson, Africa Middle East Regional Committee (AMERC) of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) in June 2010. She was re-elected as the Chairperson in June 2012 and in September 2014. Now she is a member of the Nigerian Economic Management Team (NEMT) chaired by the President of Nigeria and a Director of the Board of the Pension Commission, Nigeria (PENCOM) and of the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON).
Ms. Arunma Oteh is also a Board member of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and was a member of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Agenda Council on Institutional Governance from 2010 to 2014. This lady is also a British citizen. She graduated with a first-class degree in Computer Science from the University of Nigeria in Nsukka. Alongside she earned her MBA from Harvard Business School.
4. Chinelo Anohu-Amazu

Chinelo Anohu-Amazu is the Director General of Nigeria’s National Pension Commission (PenCom)

Mrs. Chinelo Anohu-Amazu graduated as a lawyer from the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus in 1996, a B.L from the Nigerian Law School in 1997 and an LL.M in Computer and Communications Law from the London School of Economics in 2000. She also studied in the UAS in the Columbia University Graduate School in 2008, the J. F. Kennedy School of Government of the Harvard University in 2007 and the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania in 2002. This extremely intelligent lady is now the Director-General of the National Pension Commission. She has been holding this position since 2012 till present.
5. Diezani Alison-Madueke

Diezani Alison-Madueke became the first ever female president of the Ministerial Meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF).

Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke has already held 3 important positions in our government since 2007. She was a Minister of Transportation in 2007-2008. In 2008-2010 she was a Minister of Mines and Steel Development. Since 2010 she became the first female Minister for Petroleum Resources. She is the only woman who leads a country’s delegation to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). She is the first female President of OPEC as well.