NSE to partner Miss Nigeria Organisation on sustainable environment
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) said on Thursday that it would enter into partnership with the Miss Nigeria Organisation (MNO), right owners of Miss Nigeria pageant, on environmental sustainability, through the Green-Girl Project.
The project is a Miss Nigeria initiative aimed at increasing the voices of women and young people in the discourse of environmental issues. Miss Nigeria aims to reach out to young people, women, communities and graduates through most suitable means such as recycling literacy, community advocacy and Green Project Management (GPM) trainings.
It was in an effort to actualize the expected partnership with the Exchange, that Dr. May Ikeora, Director of the Miss Nigeria organisation led the reigning queen, Miss Chioma Obiadi, 40th Miss Nigeria, and key officials of the organisation on a courtesy visit to the NSE on Thursday.
The NSE reaffirmed to the Daily Times that the Miss Nigeria organisation, Nigeria’s foremost beauty pageant’s visit was to explore partnership on the Green Girl Project, a five year sustainability project that aims to increase the voice and participation of women and young people in environmental sustainability.
“We are trailed about some of your works and interest in this area as seen in your sustainability report and would appreciate a chance to share our objectives with the NSE” Chioma Obiadi, Miss Nigeria said.
The Miss Nigeria Organisation, through the visit, explored ways to work with the NSE on one of its key pillars ‘Environment’ which falls in line with the Miss Nigeria Green-Girl Project.
Dr. Ikeora, had earlier reemphasized the importance of Miss Nigeria as a heritage and empowerment platform for young women.
She said: “The Green-Girl Project is a community development initiative aimed at empowering young women to become agents of sustainable environment in Nigeria. With the Green-Girl Project, Miss Nigeria will be engaging young people and girls in institutions, schools and communities across Nigeria.’’
She expressed how beauty pageant gave her the platform to pursue a successful career, attainment of honourable academic heights and expectation of same success story for successive beauty queens.
Reigning queen, Miss Obiadi emerged winner from amongst 36 other contestants at a keenly contested pageant which held at Eko Convention Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, on 19 December 2016, to emerge 40th Miss Nigeria.
Obiadi, prior to her emergence as Miss Nigeria, was Miss Anambra 2016 and a student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka. The 19 December 2016 event marked the 88th birthday of the first ever Miss Nigeria, Mama Oyelude
