Meet the Founder

I hold a higher National Diploma in Accounting and a Master’s degree in Business Administration. I am a Fellow of Nigerian Institute of Management (FNIM).

I started my Accounting career with the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan as an account clerk in 1969, i subsequently moved to the United Bank of Africa (UBA) in 1973 where i rose through the ranks to become the Branch Operations Manager and later retired in 1998.

During my 25 years at UBA, i held strategic roles within the Organization and was actively involved in policy formulation, management accounting, financial accounting and client relationships.

In furtherance of my career in banking, I assumed the role of Non-Executive Director at the Trans International Bank (TIB) now Heritage Bank, from 2000-2002. During this period, i worked in various committees in charge of Business Development, Credit and investment, audit, debt recovery and budget planning. Subsequently, First Trustee Nigeria ltd a subsidiary of First Bank Nigeria Plc appointed me as a Non-executive Director from 2010-2013 where i worked alongside other directors and boards members, to provide strategic directions for their investment business.

Following my retirement from UBA, I was able to focus on my long running passion for assisting the less previleged and inspiring the girl child to excel beyond societal expectations of a woman’s role. In 2004 I was appointed as the Oyo State coordinator for Women Trafficking and Child Labour eradication (WOTCLEF). During this period i observed the extents to which young girls and women are exploited and abused due to their vunerability and poverty, I realized these young women needed Immediate support and access to opportunities. This prompted me to establish Mother and Girl-Child Protection Initiative (MAGI) in 2012 which was duly registered with Corperate Affairs Comission (CAC) in the same year. The NGO was officially launched in February 2014.