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Managing Director (MD) of Energy Bank Ghana Limited, Mrs Christiana Ekaete Olaoye
Managing Director (MD) of Energy Bank Ghana Limited, Mrs Christiana Ekaete Olaoye

Educated women asked to serve as role models

The Managing Director (MD) of Energy Bank Ghana Limited, Mrs Christiana Ekaete Olaoye, has called on women who have benefited from education to serve as role models and champion the campaign for the education of the girl-child.

She said education was the only tool that would quicken the empowerment of women in the country and that it was time for all to put their hands on deck to ensure that many more girls were sent to school.

In an interview with the Daily Graphic last Thursday, in Accra, Mrs Olaoye urged parents to stop the practice of providing educational support for their male children at the expense of their daughters, saying the girl-child must not be looked down upon but provided with the needed support to enable her to stay in school.

She also urged the government to set up a fund to support girl-child education in the country, since that was necessary to address the challenges hampering the education of girls.

Equal opportunities

She, therefore, appealed to parents to provide equal opportunities to their children and more importantly the girl-child as a means to motivate her to achieve greater heights.

Mrs Olaoye has also been honoured for her contribution to economic welfare of the African girl-child and woman at the just ended Africa Women Intercultural Dialogue held in Accra. She picked up the Protector of Women and Girl Child Right Award.

The African Women Intercultural Dialogue is an educative event aimed at shifting consciousness via the re-distribution of cultural reflections on the question of women and the girl child in Africa.

The event was also in recognition of the 2017 International Women’s Day celebration which was centred on the importance of renewing discussions and engagements on women.

Excitement

Expressing her excitement about the award, Mrs Olaoye said women must, with a collective voice, demand more from their government in order to move them to the next level.

“What I think we should be looking at are measures that women themselves and government have put in place to promote the education of the girl-child in the country,” she added.

She said she would continue to provide financial support for girl-child education across the African continent, pointing out that “though we are not going to be able to do away with our culture, we need to develop measures to marry all our social responsibilities in order to make ourselves more sufficient as women”.

 

The managing director gave an assurance that the bank would continue with its commitment to providing improved services to its customers; supporting their aspirations and coming up with innovative products to meet their growing needs. 

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