By Dipo Olowookere
Senator Daisy Danjuma, wife of former Minister of Defence, General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (Rtd), has been appointed to the board of May and Baker Nigeria Plc.
The appointment of the Nigerian influential female politician was approved by the board at its meeting held on Thursday, May 30, 2019 in Lagos.
Mrs Danjuma will be on the board of the firm as a non-executive director, a statement from the company informed its shareholders and the investing public.
The Edo State-born businesswoman was born in August 1952 and obtained a law degree at the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
She has almost 40 years post-call experience and has worked as a State Counsel in Lagos State Ministry of Justice (DPP), a pioneer legal counsel to the Legal Aid Council.
She was Company Secretary/Legal Adviser to the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) from 1982 to 1992. She was at the Senate from 2003-2007 and while at the upper chamber of the National Assembly, she was a member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) and Chairman, Women and Child Right Committee of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Parliament).
She was also the Chairman, Senate Committee on Women Affairs and Youth Development and served as Member, Senate Committees on Health, Education, Finance, Land and Transport of the National Assembly.
She was the Chairman of South Atlantic Petroleum Limited from 1999 – 2003 and an alumnus of the Lagos Business School. She is also a member of the International Bar Association, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and the International Federation of Female Lawyers.
Senator Danjuma is a trustee of the Obafemi Awolowo Foundation and HID Awolowo Foundation.
