President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the family of former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Ayora Bola Kuforiji-Olubi, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 80.
Kuforiji Olubi was one of the females who broke records in the achieving a lot of firsts in the country.
Here are five outstanding things you should know about her.
1. She was the first female Chairman of the United Bank of Africa (UBA)
2. She was the first Nigerian woman to be CEO of a multinational company (VYB Industries Limited, with British affiliates (incheape & Co Plc) and first female Chairman of a public quoted company (Bewac Plc).
3. She was the 25th president Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria, the first female to become president of the Institute; while she was in the office she launched Accounting Technicians Course 1989–1990.
4. At age 19 she became headmistress of Zawan Girls Catholic Primary School, Jos, where she began her career as a Grade two Teacher.
5. She had at least 7 chieftiancy titles from all around Nigeria. She was the Otunba Ayora of Ijebu-Ode, the Ahaneji-Agamba 1 of Isu-Nkwere, the Asiwaju Iyalode of Ibadanland, Suada of Egba, Igbokodo-Okeona, Lika of Ikija, the Adaidake-Egburutu of Efik people.
