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… speaks at LASU OWSD International Day of the Girl Child Event Julianah Michael, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of
… speaks at LASU OWSD International Day of the Girl Child Event
Julianah Michael, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of MedConnect Pharmacy, has actually prompted stakeholders to invest intentionally in ladies’education, health care and confidence-building to safeguard them versus kid marital relationship and protect their future.
Michael made the call as Guest Speaker at the 2026 International Day of the Girl Child program arranged by the Organisation for Women in Science for the Developing World( OWSD), Lagos State University(LASU)Branch, hung on Wednesday, 21st October 2026, at the Africa Centre of Excellence for Innovative and Transformative STEM Education (ACEITSE), Main Campus, Ojo, Lagos.
Themed “My Rights, My Voice, My Future: Empowering the Girl Child” in line with the worldwide style “End Child Marriage and Invest in Girls’ Rights,” the program united female trainees of Lagos State University International School (LASUIS), Ojo, and DAMVIC Academy, Badagry.
Providing her address, Michael worried that access to quality education and health care stays vital to empowering the lady kid to make educated choices about her life. She kept in mind that useful assistance interventions, such as payment of assessment costs, arrangement of school uniforms, and structured mentorship, can avoid monetary difficulty and exploitation from truncating women’ education.
She charged the trainees to take duty for their individual health, remain concentrated on their research studies, and comprehend that their present scenarios do not specify their future accomplishments.
Michael likewise got in touch with OWSD and other development-focused organisations to deepen partnership in between households, specialists and neighborhoods to offer continual assistance for susceptible women.
The occasion, chaired by Omolade Okwa, OWSD LASU Branch Chairperson, likewise included goodwill messages declaring LASU’s dedication to ending kid marital relationship.
Representing the Vice-Chancellor, Ayodeji Olawunmi Badejo, Professor Yomi Bello of the Department of Music explained kid marital relationship as a social and developmental obstacle that weakens ladies’ education, health, security and financial self-reliance, and required more powerful enforcement of pertinent laws.
Previously, Anthony Ojekale, the Dean, Faculty of Science, represented by Professor Moses AKANBI, applauded OWSD for advancing women’ empowerment, especially in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
The program likewise included interactive sessions consisting of a talk on “Understanding Child Marriage and Its Impact on Girls” by Bukola Oyedeji including, Deputy Registrar, Counselling Unit; “Avoiding Distraction and Investing in Yourself: Education, Career and Future” by Funmi Ometan; and a STEM and profession awareness session by Azeezat Alafia, represented by Kafilat Ajelara.
Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha
Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is likewise the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the distinguished University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead author on the air travel desk, Ifeoma is accountable and in charge of the 3 weekly air travel and take a trip pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She likewise overseas and modifies all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has actually composed different investigative, functions and newspaper article in air travel and organization associated problems and has actually been severally chosen for award in the classification of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; among the Nigeria’s a lot of distinguished media awards events. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the distinguished Nigeria Media Merit Award under the ‘Aviation Writer of the Year’ Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist classification. She has actually gone through a number of journalism trainings by different prominent organisations. Ifeoma is likewise a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.
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