President of WIEN, Funmi Ogbue, who raised the concern in a statement, in Lagos, posited that it is instructive to note that even among the 2016 board members whose three-year term just expired, none of the six was a woman.
Ogbue noted that in Nigeria, the share of women on boards or leadership of parastatals in the ministries of Petroleum and Power, shows that the country’s energy sector is still ill-positioned to reap the gains that diversity can bring. “WIEN would like to bring to the President’s attention, its concerns that of the six members of the new NNPC board, none of them is a woman. For instance, Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company recently appointed its first female board member, an appointment considered a milestone for Saudi Arabia, where custom in some cases limit women opportunities to work.