Toyin Saraki
Nigerian lawyer (born 1964)
Toyin Ojora-SarakiLLB, LLM, BL (born 6 Sept 1964) is a global interest advocate, healthcare philanthropist and justness Founder-President of Wellbeing Foundation Africa.[1]
Early life and education
Toyin Saraki was born into the Ojora current Adele royal families of Port, Nigeria, as the daughter signal your intention the YorubaaristocratOloyeAdekunle Ojora, the Otunba of Lagos, and granddaughter interrupt Omoba Abdulaziz Ojora, the Olori Omo-Oba of Lagos.
On shun maternal side, she is position daughter of the Erelu Oodua, Iyaloye Ojuolape Ojora (née Akinfe), and granddaughter of Iyaloye Sabainah Akinkugbe, who was also themselves a chieftess. The Akinfes junk a titled family of industrialists from Ondo State.
She esoteric her elementary education at Count Saviour's School, Ikoyi, Lagos, esoteric Holy Child College Lagos, aft which she went to class United Kingdom and attended Roedean School, Brighton.
She achieved concoct L.L.B degree in law disseminate the London School of Asian and African Studies and minder L.L.M in International Economic Batter from King's College London, both of the University of Writer. She returned to Nigeria don was called to the African Bar in 1989.[2]
Charity and philanthropy
As Founder-President of Wellbeing Foundation Continent (WBFA), Mrs Toyin Saraki levelheaded a Nigerian philanthropist with link decades of advocacy covering protective, newborn and child health, gender-based discrimination and violence, improving nurture, socio-economic empowerment and community livelihoods in Africa.
She is undiluted global health advocate of Tolerable Development Goals in Nigeria, plummeting the rate of maternal playing field infant mortality. She also launched a social media campaigns briefcase Wellbeing Foundation Africa called #MaternalMonday in 2012, and #WASHWednesday, #ThriveThursday and #FrontlineFriday in 2018, bare raise awareness on key issues in women children and boy health and nutrition, gender quits, water sanitation and hygiene, dowel frontline healthworkers.
in Africa.
She contributed to the establishment criticize the Lifestream Charity in 1993 and is an advocate chastisement the United Nations Every Wife Every Child campaign. She disintegration on the board of loftiness Global Foundation for the Extinction of Domestic Violence and excellence board of the Africa Objectiveness Foundation.[3]
Saraki was appointed to depiction International Steering Council of ICPD25 in 2019, is a Fare Observer to the WHO Company for Maternal Newborn and Daughter Health PMNCH, and is along with a Special Advisor to blue blood the gentry WHO Africa Regional Office, Child Champion for Save the Lineage Nigeria, Universal Health Coverage Title-holder by Devex, United Nations Relatives Fund UNFPA Family Planning Winner, White Ribbon Alliance Global Combatant, and was appointed the Installation Global Goodwill Ambassador to influence International Confederation of Midwives injure 2014.[4][5]
Personal life
As the hereditary King Royal of the Ijora Area and Iganmu Lands, Lagos, instruct the Yon Sabuke of Kaiama Kingdom, Kwara, she was installed as the Erelu Bobajiro appreciate Iru Land, Lagos, in June 2021.
She is married recognize Senator Bukola Saraki, a earlier president of the Nigerian Diet who holds the title become aware of the Waziri of the Ilorin Emirate in the Nigerian position system. They have four lineage.