The
Governor of Ondo state, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and his wife,
Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, celebrated with an icon, Chief Olufolake
Solanke, the first female SAN in Nigeria, on her 85th birthday.
Chief Olufolake Solanke became the first female lawyer to be conferred with Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in March 1981.
Chief
Solanke who was born in Abeokuta on 29th March 1932, is a female
trailblazer, who has broken glass ceilings, and has many numerous
achievements including the National honour of the Commander of the Order
of Niger. In 1972, Solanke was appointed the first Commissioner of
Western State and chairperson of the Western Nigeria Television
Broadcasting Corporation (WNTBC).
On the international scene,
Chief Folake Solanke became a source of pride for Nigerian woman and
Africans as a whole when on July 21st 1994 she became the 42nd president
of Zonta International, an organization that focus primarily on
advancing the status of women, the first non – Caucasian to be elected
to hold the position since the organization was founded in 1919.
Chief
Folake Solanke has broken gender barriers to become a role model,
making positive impact in our society. Join us in celebrating Chief
Folake Solanke, SAN, OON, CON at 85.
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