First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, Governors, Others To Attend Inaugural Nigeria Women for Peace And Democracy Summit In Abuja
Njideka Ozoalor
First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, and other prominent leaders are expected to attend the maiden edition of the Nigeria Women for Peace and Democracy Summit and Awards 2026 scheduled for Abuja.
The summit, with the theme “Women as Catalysts for Peace, Democracy and Inclusive Governance,” is slated for Monday, November 13, 2026, at the African Hall of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, Abuja.
The event is being hosted by Princess Edna D.D. Azura, Kwatam Mutaku, President of the National Council of Women Societies, (NCWS), Nigeria, and is expected to draw over 3,000 delegates from across the country and beyond.
According to the organisers, the summit is designed as a high-level national dialogue featuring policy conversations, leadership engagements, peace-building sessions, interfaith discussions, youth and women forums, and strategic partnerships involving government institutions, security agencies, traditional rulers, religious leaders, private sector, development organisations and diplomatic missions.
A major highlight of the summit will be the Nigeria Women for Peace and Democracy Awards, which will celebrate exceptional Nigerians, institutions, development partners, humanitarian organisations and women leaders whose contributions have strengthened peace, democracy, women’s empowerment, humanitarian service and nation-building.
The organisers said the summit matters to Nigeria and the world because for nearly seven decades, the NCWS has remained Nigeria’s foremost women’s organisation and a respected member of the International Council of Women, (ICW), representing millions of women through professional bodies, rural cooperatives, faith-based organisations, women with disabilities, market associations and civil society groups.
They added that the summit will elevate Nigeria onto the global stage by creating one of Africa’s largest women-led platforms dedicated to peace-building, democratic participation, gender equality and inclusive governance, aligning with Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 16 and the African Union Agenda 2063.
The NCWS, which is the largest and oldest single national women’s organisation in Nigeria and registered with the ICW in 1958, said the global umbrella body founded in 1888 has a mandate to promote the welfare, rights, education, economic empowerment, health, peace and leadership of women.
The council listed the strategic impact of the summit to include strengthening women’s role in peace-building before, during and after elections, creating a national network of women peace ambassadors, producing policy recommendations on women, peace and democracy, and enhancing collaboration between women leaders and security institutions.
Other expected outcomes include encouraging inclusive governance and increased women’s political participation, promoting dialogue among diverse ethnic, religious and political groups, and celebrating champions of peace, democracy and women’s empowerment.
The NCWS has invited the Federal Government, state governments, corporate organisations, diplomatic missions, multilateral agencies, development partners, foundations and philanthropists to partner with it through financial sponsorship, institutional collaboration or in-kind support, describing such partnership as an investment in peace, democracy, national stability and the future of Nigeria.
