Celebrated: NIGERIAN WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT

The problems relating to the social worth of a woman, her ability to contribute to social development, the political, economic and social roles she is allowed to play, her pains and travails are issue that haunt all societies. These problems usually arise from the way society sees the woman and the way the woman sees herself.Perhaps because of these problems, despite the past achievements of Nigerian women, the number of prominent contemporary Nigerian women remains negligible compared to that of men.Ayona Aguele-Trimnell profiles here a few contemporary Nigerian women who, through thier own initiatives are playing laudable roles in society and yet remain larhely uncelebrated. Women like Doctors Okonjo-Iweala, Obiageli Ezekwesili and Professor Dora Akunyili to name a few, who have performed as well as any, and better than most of thier male contemporaries amd predecessors. This is the sense in which this book become important.