NILDS Director Joke Akinsanmi Receives Leadership Award

Joke Akinsanmi, the director of training and internship at the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), was honored with a leadership award during a conference in Abuja on March 8, 2023, coinciding with International Women's Day. The conference's theme was "Take Action for Justice: Rights of Women and Girls." Akinsanmi expressed her gratitude to the organizers for the recognition and noted that she accepted the award with humility, dedicating it to the Almighty God, her late father Chief Bayo Ig, and former Minister of National Planning and director of NILDS, Prof. Abubakar O.

Sulaiman. She highlighted their significant contributions to her professional development and the ongoing reform efforts at the institute, which aims to strengthen accountability across the region.

Akinsanmi's role also includes advancing research capacity and developing democratic governance institutions in Africa.