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Birthday: Florence Ita Giwa Turns 75 Today

Florence Ita Giwa (born 19 February 1946) is a Nigerian politician, who was the Senator for the Cross River South Senatorial District of Cross River State.

She attended the Kilburn Polytechnic in London, United Kingdom. She became a nurse, then a representative for the Beecham pharmaceutical company, and then moved to Standall Pharmaceutical where she represented Lagos State. She married Dele Giwa, the founding editor of Newswatch magazine. They were married for only ten months, after which Dele Giwa married Olufunmi Olaniyan, who was married to him until his death in 1986.

Ita-Giwa joined politics and emerged as NRC chairman for Delta State. Thereafter, she was elected a member of the federal House of Representatives (1992–93), and was a member of the committee on devolution of power constituent assembly 1994–95. She became involved in Bakassi affairs, and earned the nickname "Mama Bakassi". Ita-Giwa was elected Senator for the Cross River South constituency in April 1999 and was appointed to committees on Rules and Procedures, Environment, Foreign Affairs, Women, Niger Delta and Drug & Narcotics.

After leaving the senate in 2003, she joined the People's Democratic Party PDP, and became President Olusegun Obasanjo's Special Adviser on National Assembly Matters. In May 2010, there were rumors that funds were missing from the account of the Bakassi Resettlement Committee, chaired by Ita-Giwa, who asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate the matter.

Ita Giwa has worked against human trafficking and sex slavery.

She has received the OON (Officer of the Order of the Niger) and The Sun Lifetime Achievement Award.

Despite her advance in age, Florence Ita Giwa still has great love for fashion. Her love for expensive jewelries as well as tastefully designed headwears can not be overly emphasized.

Children: 1 (Daughter, Koko)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Ita_Giwa

nice
God bless her new age
FTC first time

Nigeria's #1 super sugarmummy.

dont die because of pussy. cos if you do another guy will shine the congo

Hbd to her

Nawa o...she looks early 60s.
Money is the root of all evil,I love the whole tree,not just the root

Till today, no justice for Dele Giwa death

Hmmmmmmmmmm

Happy birthday Ma,

Chidi mokeme Kitty cat that year sha

What can I say

She don old like this and still looking charming.

Happy birthday ma

Hbd

Congrats

So she is the wife of Dele Giwa

Looks young at her age

more fruitful years ahead mummy...HBD

Mama use her bottom power in her hay days

Packaging can make the old look young. Congrats to her

Long life n prosperity

dapsoneh:
So she is the wife of Dele Giwa

No. Fela Kuti

Why still holding on to the name....

Happy birthday ma!

happy birthday to you ma'am

HBD MA....
And till today people wen kill her husband still dey alive .. the main conspirators...

No justice for this country oh....

dapsoneh:
So she is the wife of Dele Giwa

yeah , marriage lasted a yr, but dele later married a Yoruba woman by name fumi, dele was bombed about two years into marriage. it shall not be well with bebengida

Where's Chidi Mokeme?

Just asking innocently for a friend.

Jh0wsef:
No. Fela Kuti

okay, I guess as much.. Is she the second or 3re wife of Fela Kuti?