F4D’s Women’s Empowerment Award

H.E. Toyin Saraki LLB LLM BL

H.E. Toyin Saraki LLB LLM BL is Founder-President of the Well Being Foundation Africa, which advocates internationally for maternal newborn and child health and the improvement of health systems across Africa. Toyin Saraki was born into the Ojora and Adele royal families of Lagos, Nigeria, as the daughter of the Yoruba aristocrat Oloye Adekunle Ojora, the Otunba of Lagos, and granddaughter of Omoba Abdulaziz Ojora, the Olori Omo-Oba of Lagos. On her maternal side, she is the daughter of the Erelu Oodua, Iyaloye Ojuolape Ojora (née Akinfe), and granddaughter of Iyaloye Sabainah Akinkugbe, who was also herself a chieftess. The Akinfes are a titled family of industrialists from Ondo State. She is a qualified barrister and is married to H.E. Dr.Abubakar Bukola Saraki MBBS CON, Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Kwara Central).