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    At the middle (Permanent Secretary FMWA) and some Directors of the Ministry.

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    Handing over from Ag. PS Alh. Idris Mohammed to the New Permanent Secretary Mr. Shehu Aliyu Shinkafi

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    From Left, Director (PRS), Director (Procurement) and Director (Press) at the briefing of the New Permanent Secretary.

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    Minister of Women Affairs presenting an award of excellence to a representative of Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff: honoured as ''HEFORSHE AMBASSADOR'’ at the 19th National Council on Women Affairs.

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    Honourable Minister of Women Affairs, Permanent Secretary and Directors of the Ministry

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    Honourable Minister of Women Affairs conferred Awards of Excellence on the following distinguished Nigerians on 31st October 2019, at the National Council meeting held at Akure, Ondo State.

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    A cross section of Women’s at the International Women Day

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    Cross section of participants at the lunching of HE for She programme of the Ministry of Women Affairs & Social Development supported by UN Women for movement of Gender Equality

Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development was created consequent upon of the response to The United Nations agreement to establish Institutional Mechanisms for the 

Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development was created consequent upon of the response to The United Nations agreement to establish Institutional Mechanisms for the advancement of Women and Women matters. It is a product of efforts established through a Decree in 1989 giving rise to the National Commission for Women. This however was the initiative of the wife of the then Head of State (Dr) Mrs Maryam Babangida of blessed memory.

The Commission though recognized as a Government Institution, its activities were rather ad-hoc with no specific and adequate budgetary allocation. The wife of the Head of State then dictated the pace of activities in the Commission with the creation of her Better life Programme for Rural Women.

In 1995, the Commission for Women was upgraded to a full-fledged Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, which meant that Nigeria had achieved one of the critical areas of concern of the Beijing Platform for Action.

The activities of the Ministry, again largely influenced by the dictates of the wife of the Head of State at that time, Mrs Maryam Sani Abacha who came up with her pet project; the Family Support and Economic Advancement Programme.

Indeed, like the Women Commission, resource allocation in the form of budgetary provision was very meagre, barely enough to pay the Salary of staff.

Intervention by the First Lady’s programmes were basically welfarist in nature, targeting Women for their immediate  needs without tackling the age-long problem of lack of integration of gender awareness and competence into  mainstream development planning. This arrangement brought a lot of Institution credibility gap, which negatively affected the Ministry in many ways. For instance, when the Commission was upgraded to a Ministry Status, it was not really at par with other Ministries and therefore lacking the requisite institutional identity and resource base. Other problems were lack of adequate budget allocations and a recognized technical cadre. The net effect of this credibility gap has been that the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development is not viewed as an equal government outfit with other Ministries making its gender mainstreaming work even more difficult to pursue.

In line with Government’s repositioning and reform agenda for better service delivery in the Country; the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development came up with a clearer vision and mission statement as follows:

 VISION

“To help build a Nigerian Society that guarantees equal access to social, economic and wealth creation opportunities to all, irrespective of gender, places premium on protection of the child, the aged and persons with disabilities; focuses attention of key operators in both private and public sectors on mainstreaming the concerns of these groups of people in national development process”.

MISSION

“To serve as the national vehicle to bring about speedy and healthy development of Nigerian Women, Children, the socially disadvantaged and physically challenged, and the main-streaming of their rights and privileges in national development process”.

THE MINISTRY’S MANDATE

“The broad mandate of the Ministry is to advise government on gender and Children issues. Issues affecting Persons with Disabilities and the Aged; initiate policy guidelines and lead the process of gender equality and mainstreaming at both the national and international levels”.

 LEADERSHIP AND DIRECTORS

  1. Honourable Minister
  2. Permanent Secretary
  3. Director (Women and Gender Affairs Department)
  4. Director (Child Development Department)
  5. Director (Rehabilitation Department)
  6. Director (Economics Services)
  7. Director (Social Welfare Department)
  8. Director (Planning, Research and Statistics Department)
  9. Director (Human Resource Management Department)
  10. Director (Finance and Account Department)
  11. Director (Legal Services)
  12. Director (General Services)

 MINISTRY’S AGENCY

  • National Centre for Women Development

 Units in the Ministry

  • Federal Audit Unit
  • Anti-Corruption Unit (ACTU)
  • Servicom Unit

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