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The First Lady of Edo State Betsy Obaseki says that she and her husband Governor Godwin Obaseki are resolved to revive all notable dead institutions in the state. Betsy Obaseki who said this in Benin City the Edo State capital where she was decorated as the patron of the Nigeria Girls Guide Association blamed the death of the association in the State and other similar notable institutions for the rise of the illegal trafficking in Edo State over the years. The First Lady consequently inaugurated the wives of the eighteen Local Government Chairmen in the State as the matrons of the Nigerian Girls Guide Association and went a step further to inaugurate most of the serving female political office holders in the State as members of the association. She said they are being co-opted in their capacity first as women, secondly as mothers and lastly based on the positions that they occupy. She added “that is why you are all meant to go and mentor all the women that you come across in ...

Edo First Lady Urges Female Entrepreneurs to strengthen other women The First Lady of Edo State, Betsy Obaseki has called on women entrepreneurs to help strengthen other women economically so that women in Nigeria will have a formidable voice and representation in the country. Mrs Betsy Obaseki made the call  at the Government House, Benin City, Edo State when she hosted the Annual General Meeting of the Nigeria  Association of Women Entrepreneurs an organization run by women Entrepreneurs with diversity of skills who volunteer their time and resources to offer empowerment, business and management training program for women. Addressing the delegates from the thirty six states of Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory, the Edo First Lady noted that women are under represented in the various sectors of the country adding however that the current status will not change significantly unless women initiate the change. "Even as business women you need representation in ev...