Former member of the House of Representatives, Abike Dabiri-Erewa has been listed among top 250 most influential women in the world.
The First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama; ex-US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton; a former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and a former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili were also among the most influential women in the world on the Richtopia list, an online business platform that covers a mix of valuable content on success.
Dabiri-Erewa represented Ikorodu Federal Constituency of in Lagos State in the House of Representatives. Meanwhile, she worked for the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) for fifteen years, anchoring the weekly NTA Newsline programme and taking a particular interest in poverty and social justice issues before venturing into politics.
Dabiri-Erewa while in the House sponsored a number of significant bills that were passed by the lower chamber. Some of her bills are the Freedom of Information Bill, a bill for an act to ensure full integration of Nigerians with physical disabilities and eliminate all forms of discrimination against them, the Nigerian Infant Health Welfare Bill (ensuring every child under five receives free medical care), Nigerian Diaspora Commission Bill and a bill to repeal Nigerian Press Council Bill and replace it with the Nigerian Press and Journalism Council Bill (strengthening the NPC and promote responsible journalism and protect the welfare of journalists in Nigeria).
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