Top Nollywood actress, activist, and Times 100 superwoman, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde will be heading soon to South Africa to join the ONE Campaign and lead other celebrities in a new campaign to promote Women Empowerment.
The campaign is tagged 'Poverty is Sexist' meaning that women and girls are
most seriously affected by poverty. And in order to eradicate extreme poverty, there is a serious need to promote women empowerment. 'Poverty is Sexist' was conceived to support the ‘Africa Union Year of Women Empowerment’.
The campaign was launched on Thursday 16 April by the ONE Campaign in Abuja, Nigeria, at a policy forum that was attended by representatives of the National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS), Equity Advocates and Save the Children Nigeria among others.
From 27th April, 2015, Omotola will be in South Africa to participate in a music thriller, accompanying a campaign song that will be performed by top African female singers including Omawumi (Nigeria), Judith Sephuma (South Africa) and Victoria Kimani (Kenya). The song will be co-produced by Cobhams Asuquo and Masterkraft.
The song will be used to promote the campaign across the world, and will be officially launched in Nigeria, Mozambique, and South Africa, during the World Economic Forum for Africa and the African Union Summit.
The campaign has a petition which calls on African leaders to fast-track the fight against poverty, by investing more in women and girls, and ensuring that resources put to the service of women and girls are transparently and accountably used.
Speaking about her new role as ambassador for ONE Campaign, Omotola said:
“I am fortunate to be a young woman living her dreams, a trailblazer of my generation. But I also recognize that many women and girls are not so fortunate. Women and girls are hit hardest by the effects of extreme poverty, but when we invest in women and girls, we increase and accelerate the chances of overcoming extreme poverty – for everyone. That is why I have joined the ONE Campaign’s Poverty is Sexist Campaign, and I call on the public to join me by signing the petition on www.one.org/sexist.”
I dont think Omawumi will be part of this oh...Her belle don cover road and she is in Yankee.
Hmmm OK ooh...
ReplyDeleteMake she no forget to empower Nigerian women too oh
Make they no match am ooooooh
DeleteIjeoma
Fine woman
DeleteThe timing is just so wrong. Not now. Wetin she go tell them? Make the SA women beg their men to stop the lynching of foreigners ? She can't sing either. The organisers should reschedule.
DeleteYou go OMO t.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm. We are talking about the attacks on foreigners, she is talking about empowering women to eradicate poverty. In my opinion, it's a good course but not the right time to campaign for it in South Africa. Just makes her look like she doesn't know what is going on down there.
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DeleteOmosexy is one very fine woman sha. Good initiative
ReplyDeleteEven after 4kids.
DeleteCan't say the same for you. Aunty gwegwegwe
Stella y are u allowing dis comment?
DeleteFear God ooo!
Cos u r a woman too
XENOPHOBIA DEY O
ReplyDeleteNa Johannesburg she dey na
DeletePlease be careful while in that xenophobic country.
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Please be careful while in that xenophobic country.
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Naa!
ReplyDeleteAm sure omotola can handle.
Omawunmi is due to offload. She can't risk
a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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She don finish with the one wey dey her country neh..??
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Omotola dont go the South Africa oo. i cant pray for you at all.
ReplyDeletethese south africans that are behaving like bokoharam
Hmmmm Omosexy be careful o, why South Africa by this time with the wahala there
ReplyDeleteOmotola always trying too hard to remain relevant.
ReplyDeleteYES.....Am the first to comment....
ReplyDeleteAm the first
Am the first
Wow Am the first
#Dancing out
Lol just passing
ReplyDeleteBold step 4 her.......hope it goes well.not that they will just have the whole thing inside a confrence room
ReplyDeleteOk. Seen
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Oiki
ReplyDeleteGood question,has she finished with the women in her country,I hope she comes back alive
ReplyDeleteOmotola is needlessly over hyped .... Her acting is not outstanding, her music is worse... She's just an over hyped pretty face ... I'm not afraid to call a spade a spade... Just being honest.... this is the problem with Nigeria, we would rather go for the famous than the qualified...
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Kpom kwem!
DeleteAnony 18:45 same thought here. Pretty face no doubt but no substance as in making an impact on her generation. She gives small handouts here and there like most of us. Ours not publicized. So what is the difference ? Still dey question her Time Mag appearance couple of years back. It was for what? After that one wetin she pull with all that publicity. Ah! Africa, Naija make we try pass so. No cause really attached to her as the author that she's advocating for. Her publicists should be more innovative. Anyway, the time don pass when she would have brought together some big worl philanthropists to support a cause, ie just after the Time Mag appearance.
DeleteBtw you're no trail blazer... Someone needs to sit you down and tell you the truth
ReplyDeleteIf omotola is no trail blazer, then neither is Genevieve, I have come to realise that most people who make nasty comments about her are genevieve's fan, sit ur tribalistic ass down nd face ur work, mumu
DeleteThey are both not trail blazers and my comment isn't nasty.. it's people like you that will vote for people like GEJ.. what a joke
DeleteShe dey enter South on top dis Xenophobia matter? U dey try o
ReplyDeleteOmo sexy ride on
ReplyDeleteWhat about the women in her country
ReplyDeleteAaawwww...nice one omosexy
ReplyDeleteAeegurl...
She must be an afamaco.
ReplyDeleteFalana gan ti gbo ta re ni si.
Eye service
ReplyDeleteNot a good time to be in SA if you'ld ask me!
ReplyDeleteWhat is she looking for there now? Or is it not the same South Africa that they're killing foreigners?....... Especially nigerians. Abeg o, let's allow wisdom to reign o!
ReplyDeleteSouth where? In the middle of this their wickedness.
ReplyDeleteOmotola you would have gone to empower women in your village and in Nigeria first. Keep it up sha
ReplyDeleteSouth Africa ke, wrong timing. Xenophobia needs more attention for now.
ReplyDeleteAbeg make she keep nyansh for chair.how many people she don empower for naija? She fit leave boko haram territory to go face South Africa. Killers ok? Besides she hasn't been acting for sometime ...just going up and down shaking nyansh left and right like satan.
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