Career
Her working career spans a period of about 31 years in the Civil Service, with various MDGs beginning at the International Secretariat, Ikoyi in 1975 – 1979 as a Bilingual Administrator, taking notes, translating, and transcribing French to English. She then served in Nigeria’s National Assembly and the Senate for Foreign Affairs,under the late Senator Joseph Wayas; during President Shehu Shagari’s regime, coordinating the Senate Committee for Foreign Relations, affairs with Embassies, and all bilingual administration. She was also a part of the interpreting team at the Second World Black African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC 1977) held in Lagos during the administration of General Olusegun Obasanjo. She worked in the Federal Ministry of Information, in the External Publicity Division from 1984 – 1989. She later joined the Ministry of Culture & Social Welfare and Nigerian Copyright Council, which later became a Commission. She attended as part of the Nigerian delegation to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) conference held in Geneva, Switzerland in 1994, and also the ARISTUS program in Budapest, Hungary, the same year, 1994.
Career Experience
Role: Assistant Cultural Officer
Company: Nigerian Copyright Council (Formerly Ministry of Culture and Welfare) Date: 1989 – 2010
General Administration and Public Enlightenment
Maintenance of Transport and Technical Unit
Commissions of Sponsorship Drive
Supervision and Control of Commission’s Transportation staff and property
Liaising with copyright clubs within the Copyright communities
Special Duties
Role: Confidential Secretary
Date: 1984 – 1988
Responsible for the role of ADI.
Officer in charge of the Director, External Publicity Divisions office.
Translating French Correspondences from the office of the Minister.
Role: Confidential Secretary
Date: 1981 – 1984
Coordinating the Senate Committee for foreign affairs with all other embassies in Nigeria for effective relationship.
Translating French Correspondences.
Role: Bilingual Secretary
Date: 1975 – 1979
Translating French & English Correspondences.
Documenting notes in English and French.
Transcribing both English and French with a multilingual typewrite.
