PRESS RELEASE: LAGOS: The efforts and successes of the Nigerian Christian woman in the home front, community, career and religion is to be rewarded by a United Kingdom based non-governmental organisation, Wisdom for Women International (WWI).
The award, which is known as the Wise Women Awards will be held at the Sheraton Hotels and Towers, Ikeja, Lagos on June 28, 2015
In a press statement, founder of Wisdom for Women International Pastor (Mrs) Marjorie Esomowei organiser of the award said that the Wise Women Awards, which will be held in Nigeria for the third time has been in existence in the United Kingdom for eleven years saying that WWI is collaborating with Nigerian based organisations, Connecting Hearts Initiative and The Access media Ltd to host the event in Nigeria.
According to her, the awards will provide Christian women from across the denominational spectrum and across Nigeria with an opportunity to be recognised and nominated for their contributions in the world of work, church, ministry and their communities.
She noted that Nigerian women make up much of the population and deserve to be honoured for the roles they are playing in the home, church and the community saying that the reward covers women of all age brackets in the country.
She disclosed that the award is in ten categories namely: Woman In Business ,Woman In Missions, Exceptional Young Christian Woman (18- 25),Christian Woman Serving In Media, Professional Christian Woman, Woman In Ministry, Women In Music, Woman in The Community Award, Naomi Award, Turn Around Award.
Reacting to her partnership in the event, Mary Ikoku, Founder of Working Moms Africa said “We realized that no awards event exist within the Christian community in Nigeria that recognise women’s achievements and that made our organisation to join force with Wise Women International to promote the Wise Women Awards”.
Tickets for the award, according to Connecting Hearts, Bimbo Okutinyang is currently selling and will end in June 27th calling on Nigerians to log onto http://www.wisewomenawardsng.