Di Role of Nigerian Women for Progress and History

Ah, you don ever siddon think wetin Nigerian women dey do for society? Di tori long, but na story wey sweet well-well. If you sabi wetin women don do, e go shock you small. Make I yarn you di gist about how women for dis our obodo Nigeria don use style take shape di country, even when e no too clear for eye. Dem no dey blow dem own trumpet, but di wahala dem face and di levels dem reach go make you salute.

First of all, tori start for di time wey Nigeria dey carry independence like new pikin. Di ogbonge person wey we fit call her name na Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti. Dis woman na real wahala for di colonial people hand. For 1940s, for Abeokuta, dem wan dey tax market women anyhow. Funmilayo no gree. She talk say, “How you go dey carry wetin women sweat for? Na dia way be dat?” She ginger di Egba Women Union, and dem begin protest. Market women, wey dey waka barefoot, carry placard dey para. So wetin happen? Dem stop di yeye tax. E sweet dem belle so tey, women begin look Funmilayo  as champion.

As 1940s waka reach 1950s, one teacher wey sabi politics like amala sabi ewedu, Margaret Ekpo, show face. She carry fight enter Eastern Regional Assembly for 1954. First woman wey dey dia o! She no just siddon look; she talk say, “If you educate girl pikin, you go fit build di whole nation.” Di men for assembly begin scratch head, but dem no fit deny wetin she talk. Di matter change policies for di region, and girls begin get chance to go school.

Make we waka enter Civil War time. E be like film trick, but women no gree dey backseat. Janet Mokelu dey arrange relief centers for displaced people. One day, she look di hungry pikin dem and tell her team, “If we no help dem, who go help dem? We go make sure dem chop.” She and her crew distribute food, arrange supplies, and keep hope alive. Meanwhile, Bisi Ogunlade, wey be nurse, carry message waka pass dangerous areas as messenger. E get one time wey she carry important message hide for her clothes. Soldiers stop am, but she use style talk say she dey go help wounded pikin dem. She use sharp way dodge wahala con still save lives.

By 1970s, di game change. Women begin enter male-dominated places. Example? Grace Alele-Williams, di first female vice-chancellor for Nigerian university  no let dem see her finish. For University of Benin, she set standards, clear obstacles, and show say wetin man fit do women fit do beta. She once yarn say, “E no easy, but I wan prove say women sabi.” Di university under her hand begin dey improve.

But no be only for big positions women dey make sense. For rural areas, women like Amina Lawal, a midwife, dey waka from one village to another dey help women born pikin. She sabi di work like mechanic sabi spanner. She no just dey deliver; she dey train di next generation of midwives. She go always talk, “Dis work no be job; na calling.” But di work wey she do save plenty life.

We still dey waka? By 1990s, women like Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala don dey break tables for governance. As finance minister, she come with di no-nonsense mode. One time, she stand for meeting, yarn di lawmakers, “Dis mata no be about me or you; na about di future of di nation.” Her reforms help manage Nigeria money better. Even though some people no too gree with her, di result show for ground say she work.

No forget say women shine for culture. Writers like Buchi Emecheta use books expose di wahala women dey face. Her novel, The Joys of Motherhood, na classic. She yarn di kain struggle wey women dey face to balance tradition and di modern way of life. Di book touch people belle worldwide, and her tori ginger women to pursue education and achieve dia dreams.

As years dey waka, di legacy of women like Funmilayo, Margaret, Janet, Grace, and others dey shine like morning sun. Today, you go see women for politics, science, education, and even community work. Dem dey carry dis matter of equality and progress for head like gala.

So, no let anybody bobo you. Nigerian women don dey di forefront of nation growth since. Di thing wey dem don contribute to society fit make person shed tears of joy. Nigerian women no dey carry last. Clap for dem.