Nkem Onwudiwe, Maria Okanrende, Michelle Dede, Karen Young & More Network with Women in Lagos at the “Her Network” Event

Last weekend, Her Network, a platform created to connect, inspire and encourage women to help one another grow, hosted an exclusive event called ‘Chats & Cocktails’ for women in different career sectors in Lagos, Nigeria.

‘Chats & Cocktails’ was created to give women the opportunity to meet up, connect over cocktails and expand their personal and professional networks. Its essence is to show that women can come together, have real meaningful conversations, promote their businesses, sell their brands and build relationships with other women in an unconventional setting. The theme of this event – Real Talk. Real Network aimed at highlighting real accomplishments, struggles, encounters and business models that would motivate and inspire the next woman.

Nkem Onwudiwe, convener of the event and creator of Her Network said “It is important that we attend conferences and be inspired by the speakers and panelists but it is also important that we come together from time to time, to connect and have real conversations with each other in a more relaxed environment…Women need to realise that regardless of your social status or achievements, CEO or Fresh Graduate, you have a gift that can be of benefit to the woman next to you, be real, be supportive and most of all, be confident in yourself because only then will you be able to support another woman without feeling insecure about your unique capabilities.”. She concluded.

Group Selfie Ice-Breaker

Several activities during the event which included group selfie icebreakers, speed networking, seat swap, real talk and musical chairs ensured active engagement between the women in attendance. Some women walked away with freebies like Hairfinity products, gorgeous bags courtesy of Miss Lax and bundles of weaves courtesy of HerImports.com

The event was hosted by Maria Okanrande, media personality and On-Air-Personality at The Beat 99.9fm Lagos. It held at Oasis Medspa, Ikoyi and was well attended by career women from different walks of life including Michelle Dede, Lara Rawa, Tomi Aluko , Linda Osifo, Naomi Umunna, Tewa Onasanya, Lara Sage, Lola OJ, Ajibola Olubiyi, Karen Young, Brycee Bassey, Jane Michael Ekanem, Enuma Okoro, Zaina Agoro and so much more.

Her Network’s Chats & Cocktails was well supported by Oasis Medspa, Platinum Signature Luxury Events, Rouge Desserts, The Black Pepper Kitchen, Eventi Cocktails, The Roof Grill & Bar, Wilson’s Lemonade, Girly Essentials, Lianor Beauty Bar, Candy Lingerie, Maybelline Nigeria, Hairfinity Nigeria, Dark and Lovely Africa, Yogurt Deli, Cointreau and Candybyte.

To connect with Her Network and be a part of future events, follow them on Instagram and Twitter for more information.

Check out all the photos from the event

Nkem Onwudiwe

Maria Okanrende

Karen Young

Lolia Deal-Oligbo of Lianor Beauty Bar

Linda Osifo

Michelle Dede

Enuma Okoro

Freda Francis – CE of host location, Oasis Medspa

Lola OJ

Lara Rawa – CEO Eventi Cocktails

Group Selfie Ice-Breaker

Tosin Ajibade (Olorisupergal)

Zaina Agoro

Chiazor Chukwulobe

Chimdinma Madufuro

Tomi Aluko – Winner of Miss Lax Purse

Naomi Umunna – The Skin Apothecary

Shade Ladipo

Winners of Bundles of Weaves courtesy Her Imports

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FG Discovers 43,000 Ghost Workers, Saves N50 billion Through Audit of Security Agencies’ Payroll – Continuous Audit Team

 
he Head of the Continuous Audit team of the Federal Government, Mohammed Dikwa, on Tuesday said N50 billion was saved so far through the audit of security agencies payroll.

Dikwa said this in Abuja at a meeting between the Continuous Audit team, Minister of Finance, and Heads of Para-Military agencies to discuss ways to clean up the payroll of the security agencies.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that President Muhammadu Buhari had set up the Continuous Audit team to look into the payroll of all Federal Government’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

The team had already embarked on the audit of the Military payroll and enrolling them on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).

“Since we started the continuous audit programme, we have saved about N50 billion and over 43,000 ghost workers have been removed from the payroll of the federal government. And as we go on, we are very sure that we will continue to reduce the cost of federal government payroll.

Please note the cost is not related to ghost workers alone but with allowances which we believe have to be trimmed down so that we can manage the cost of governance,” he said.

Dikwa said that the officers from the account departments of all the para-militray agencies were currently undergoing training on IPPIS and the Government Management Information System (GIFMIS)

He said the plan was to have all the agencies enrolled on the IPPIS and GIFMIS at the end of the month once the training was completed.

Similarly, the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, said the audit of the para-military payroll would focus mainly on non-regular allowances of security officers.

She said initial investigations had revealed that these allowances had created avenues for unscrupulous persons within the system to steal money.

“The president has given the directive that all ministries and agencies of the Federal Government be enrolled on the IPPIS latest December, 2016.

This meeting is to discuss the modalities of how this will be achieved; specifically, there are number of allowances described as the non-regular allowances.

We have to make sure that these non-regular allowances are paid directly to those who are serving. And the best way to do that is through an automated system.

This system will be linked to BVN so the money is going to specific individuals rather than being diverted.

Whoever is paid irregular allowances for hazard, risk or other extraneous factors, it is important that the money gets to them. The people taking the risk should be paid, otherwise the service they are expected to render will be in jeopardy,” she said.

Adeosun said that one of the advantages of the IPPIS was that delays in payment of salaries and allowances of security personnel would be a thing of the past.

She reassured members that the details gathered through the IPPIS would be kept safe so that identities of security operatives would not be compromised.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Bassey Akpanyung, pledged the ministry’s support to ensure that all the security agencies under its control complied for the success of the process.

NAN reports that heads of Customs, Immigration, Prisons, Police, Fire Service and Civil Defence were present at the meeting.