Dear Country Folks,
Sorry to bother you
with a noble request, God having saved our lives and brought us to 2018. We
lost one of our own as you know Ms Oby Nwankwo our country’s CEDAW rep. CEDAW
Committee is based in NY UN Headquarters; you know the convention on the
elimination of all forms of discriminatory practices against women (the CEDAW
Convention) is a human rights treaty for women. UN GA adopted the convention in
1979. A year after Oby Nwankwo LL.B, LL.M, UNN was enrolled in Nigeria as a
Barrister and Solicitor 1980. My Learned senior was deeply committed
advocate for women. Hence she represented Nigeria in Jan 2013 for her first
term till Dec 2016 purely on merit she did earn a further term of four years in
CEDAW from Jan 2017 until she passed in Maryland US on the 9th
of Dec 2017.
In present times of
effective and simplified online communications her family, friends and
colleagues World wide have decided to reduce the costs for her
children and grandchildren who live in USA, when they arranged to lay her sweet
soul to rest on Saturday January 6th 2018 at 12 noon
Interment Ceremony
Gate of Heaven Cemetery
13801 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20906
Interment Ceremony
Gate of Heaven Cemetery
13801 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20906
If you are in USA,
Nigeria, Africa or Europe or any continent;
Not required to
contribute money but take five minutes of your airtime sign on the memorial
link below. Notable Nigerians who already signed include Nigeria’s
founding member of zerocorruption Ms Lilian Ekeanyanwu of TUGAR NEITI Fame;
Professor (Mrs) Ifeoma Mabel Onyemelukwe; Grace Osakue; Tony Harris-Eze;
Enahoro Michael; Loretta Ahuokpeme; a LAWA Fellow Leadership and Advocacy
for Women in Africa LAWA Fellow Carol Ajie, GULC and a host of others.
Kindly submit your
memorial tribute online it’s free. We had a similar experience with a female
SAN who was a FIDA Chair in Lagos. We did contribute money and bought a
page in Thisday newspaper at the time to announce her funeral arrangements.
Sylvia Sinaba SAN, her brilliant daughter in school overseas at the time was
with us. We asked that the child be contacted directly for those who
contributed to child(ren)education and welfare. Oby Nwankwo’s children and
grandchildren have not requested funding of any sort. Thank you.
For questions and
comments we are required to contact one of her own Uzo Nwankwo at
301-793-9353 or Oby Otti 301-237-4208
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