Adva45:

Na you post topic, na you dey 'tribalise' the topic.
What was your genuine intention in posting the topic?
I am amazed that you didn't even read in depth what you posted. That is how knowledge passes one by.
I advise you to read the topic once more and other pieces of information that you will definitely come across in future. That will ensure you don't embarrass yourself inadvertently as you just did here. Thankfully this is an online forum. No one knows you. YOU ARE SAFE

SeverusSnape:


4.[size=14pt]PATIENCE JONATHAN[/size]

5. NGOZI OKONJO IWEALA

6. ASA

Twaci:
Not by beauty but brains . These women are remembered till date because they stood for their rights. Intelligence coupled with dillegence paves the way to a successful future. I want to be remembered like them, girls do you?

jrupa:
See as you just dei use intelligent comments take dei win votes. Nufin do you joor..........ride on

Twaci:
Thanks . Have a lovely day .

Nowenuse:


Abeg my brother, we know Dora Akunyili had a great influence as a Nigerian woman, but she cannot compete on this list with either of these 3 women.
Funmilayo, Margaret n Ladi all influenced Nigeria's independence one way or the other, but Akunyili who was born in 1954 was just a child as at this time, so pls no basis for comparison.

Nowenuse:
Also, based on the 5 major human geographical divisions we have in Nigeria

The Core-northern part of Nigeria, the Middlebelt part, Eastern, Western & Niger deltan

Let's say Margaret Ekpo represents the Niger deltan region as an Ibibio
Ladi Kwali represents the Middlebelt region as a Gbagyi woman
& Funmilayo Kuti represents the Western (yoruba speaking region)

I'd like to hear from Igbos (easternerns) and the Hausa-fulanis (core-northernerns), who are the most influential Igbo & Hausa-fulani women that ever lived??

Nowenuse:
Also, based on the 5 major human geographical divisions we have in Nigeria

The Core-northern part of Nigeria, the Middlebelt part, Eastern, Western & Niger deltan

Let's say Margaret Ekpo represents the Niger deltan region as an Ibibio
Ladi Kwali represents the Middlebelt region as a Gbagyi woman
& Funmilayo Kuti represents the Western (yoruba speaking region)

I'd like to hear from Igbos (easternerns) and the Hausa-fulanis (core-northernerns), who are the most influential Igbo & Hausa-fulani women that ever lived??

Nowenuse:


Ok, let's agree that she was of mixed heritage but the fact is that her Efik/ibibio roots speaks far louder than her igbo roots partly due to these reasons

> She was born and bred in Calabar
> Her igbo father died at a very early stage and she grew up with just her mother and her mother's Efik people in Calabar acquiring Efik Culture
> Finally she married an Efik man

This was why she identified as Efik more but although since Efik-ibibio and igbos were one back then in the old eastern region, her works anf agitations were for the whole region.
So we can say she represents the Old eastern region.

SeverusSnape:
4.[size=14pt]PATIENCE JONATHAN[/size]

5. NGOZI OKONJO IWEALA

6. [size=14pt]ASA[/size]

meolaniyi:
She is not igbo. attachee by force. Ekpo can never be Igbo. and she will never be Igbo.
you guys should look for your own. Rubbish! how can she be Igbo? she is not Igbo. Fumi, is full Yoruba. Ekpo is not Igbo. before you
know it now they will claim her like they want to claim Lagos. SS people don't allow this covetous people to claim one of your own.

This is getting too much of you people. every thing they want to claim. spit on you people

nosike3:
nigga you're dull as fvvk!!! So age is now an standard for greatness?? Akunyili would hold her ground in the presence of these women!!! I guess you never know how bad counterfeit and substandard drug cabals were She stood her ground and she is a hero in every sense of the word!

Amefrica:


Why do you have to turn this to tribalism? I'm Yoruba myself, and all three of those women were/are Nigerians. That's all that matters!

Nowenuse:


Don't talk like a stupid person. Ekpo always identified as Ibibio and not Igbo. During her period in the Eastern Parliament, she never represented igbo areas but rather Ibibio.

ianSweet:



What makes me who i am is not my dad's sperm or my mum's ova, but rather it is my UPBRINGING.
What about children who are products of rape or those who their fathers denied their mother's pregnancy but they grew up and due to the nurturing of their lovely mothers they later turned out succesful?
So who would the success of such persons be awarded to? The rapist or irresponsible father or the mother?

Margaret Ekpo was brought up by her mother in an Efik society, so she is more of Efik than Igbo.

The only part of Margaret that is Igbo is her paternity, but her personality, her culture and her mentality is Efik!

genieluv:


My bro, u must not insult to make a point. As u can see, the OP acknowledged Akunyili's influence but the point he made is very valid.
Margaret Ekpo and Funmilayo Kuti started fighting for the rights of women even before Akunyili was born, both women fought for the relevenace of women in the independent Nigeria while Ladi Kwali's works were presented as Objects of National pride at the internationa centre on Independence day to the extent that she graced our naira note.
Haba my Brother let's be fair to ourselves here. Dora is great, i love her and her legacy, but truly she cannot be in same league with these listed women.

Nowenuse:
Also, based on the 5 major human geographical divisions we have in Nigeria

The Core-northern part of Nigeria, the Middlebelt part, Eastern, Western & Niger deltan

Let's say Margaret Ekpo represents the Niger deltan region as an Ibibio
Ladi Kwali represents the Middlebelt region as a Gbagyi woman
& Funmilayo Kuti represents the Western (yoruba speaking region)

I'd like to hear from Igbos (easternerns) and the Hausa-fulanis (core-northernerns), who are the most influential Igbo & Hausa-fulani women that ever lived??

nosike3:
well said bro!!! I get tired of this tribalism thing!!! What's with all this competition There's enough room for every bird to perch!! Yet we choose to hold on to our little differences forgetting how much we have in common! Pathetic and sad I must say!

genieluv:
What did the Igbo nation do to honour or immortalize late Margaret Ekpo of blessed memories? u ppl should not just stop at asserting her igboness because of her paternity.

The airport in Calabar is named after Margaret Ekpo, there are roadways and halls named after Margaret Ekpo in Calabar to show how the Efik people cherish her
What did Igbo people do to remember her? i am asking all the igbos in the house....mtcheww
All u people do is claim!

What the OP has said remains the fact.
Ibibio/Efik influence made Margaret Ekpo who she was. The only part of her that is Igbo is her father's sperm as IanSweet puts it.....LoL

(No offence to my igbo peeps pls), i am also of mixed igbo origin, infact just like Margaret, my own father was a product of his Igbo mother because his own Benue father died early too.

Nowenuse:

In 2001, the Calabar airport was named after her. Her name graces the Ekpo Refectory at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

PreciousBro:
Why are some uneducated kids in the house talking so recklessly and vehemently trying to remove Margaret Ekpo's paternity influence(which is naturally her identity) ?

I'm really tired of you bigoted un enlightened fools always harsh towards the igbos. What is it? Fear? Envy?

In the bid to discredit and sidelined the influence of her igbo- genes you all fail at biology.

Stupid lots.

Amefrica:


Why do you have to turn this to tribalism? I'm Yoruba myself, and all three of those women were/are Nigerians. That's all that matters!

Nowenuse:
Also, based on the 5 major human geographical divisions we have in Nigeria

The Core-northern part of Nigeria, the Middlebelt part, Eastern, Western & Niger deltan

Let's say Margaret Ekpo represents the Niger deltan region as an Ibibio
Ladi Kwali represents the Middlebelt region as a Gbagyi woman
& Funmilayo Kuti represents the Western (yoruba speaking region)

I'd like to hear from Igbos (easternerns) and the Hausa-fulanis (core-northernerns), who are the most influential Igbo & Hausa-fulani women that ever lived??