Women in Aviation, Glowing Wings chapter, Nigeria, has celebrated the Girls in Aviation Day by organising a youth empowerment and aviation careers seminar through the organisation of aviation activities and reaching out to female students of Command Day Secondary School, Ikeja Cantonment, Maryland, Lagos.
The day, which is a global event initiated in 2015 by Women in Aviation International (WAI) based in Florida, United States of America, is set aside to celebrate the girl-child as well as expose and encourage them to follow careers in aviation, in an effort to promote inclusiveness, change the narrative and boost the number of female aviators in an otherwise male-dominated industry.
Welcoming the Glowing Ladies to the event at the school hall, the Commandant of the school, Lieutenant- Colonel S. O. Omoyeni, thanked the group for choosing Command Day Secondary School to mark the 2023 celebration.
While saying the school takes pride in identifying with projects and activities that promotes the educational wellbeing, growth and development of the students, Omoyeni said, “Today’s celebration with aviation professionals from various fields of expertise within the industry present to share their experiences and offer ideas on how to forge a career in the sector is a welcome development.”
President of Women in Aviation, Glowing Wings chapter, Mrs Evelyn Njoku, shared her story with the students of how she came into aviation from a Public Relations background working with the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and stressed that they could achieve whatever they decide to be in the sector once they set their minds to it and remain focused on their dreams.
The students were exposed to various aviation career paths with presentations made by seasoned female aviation experts who shared their stories in the fields of piloting, Air Traffic Control (ATC), cabin crew and aircraft dispatch.
The presenters included senior First Officer Theodora Ndabai of United Nigeria Airlines; Mrs Kate Nnana-Ibemgbo, DGM, Air Traffic Management, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA); Miss Ndifreke Bassey, a cabin crew with Lush Purple Jet Services and Mrs Victoria Adegbe, an aircraft dispatcher and Managing Director, Aviatrix Hub, an Approved Training Organisation (ATO) within the aviation sector.
A select group of over 90 female students drawn from junior and senior secondary school classes who took part in the day’s celebrations were each presented with gifts of free mathematical sets to assist them with their studies and treated to refreshments.
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