Taiwo Odukoya is the senior pastor of The Fountain of Life Church, a ministry with a mission to provide a home for the lost; guide those in search of direction, purpose and calling; and raise a people who are committed to making a difference.Prior to going into full-time ministry, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya worked as a petroleum engineer with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for 12 years.
Pastor (Mrs.) Nomthi Odukoya is an educationist, life coach and writer. She is the Associate Senior Pastor of The Fountain of Life Church, Lagos, Nigeria under the leadership of her husband, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya. Pastor Nomthi as she is fondly called is passionate about building wholesome and integrated family life with focus on: raising Godly (spiritual) and socially responsible children. She ministers hope and healing to women of different strata (singles, married, single parents etc).
She is the Chairperson of Fountain Initiative for Social Development; a faith based non-profit organization committed to entrepreneurial development and empowerment of under-privileged individuals and communities across Nigeria.
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Ms Thelma Ekiyor: Ms Ekiyor has served as the First Executive Director / CEO of the TY Danjuma Foundation. She was the Executive Director of the West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) in Accra Ghana. She has also served as Senior Manager for Conflict Intervention and Peace build support at the Centre for Conflict resolution.
She has acted as the Director of Programmes for the West Africa Nigeria for the Peace building (WANEP) where she co-founded the Women in peace building network (WIPNET) serving as its first regional coordinator. She’s also the Founder and Executive Director of Afrigrants Resources Ltd. A member of several boards, locally and internationally, resource person / expert in International organizations .She authored and co-authored books on security and peace building in Africa especially on the roles of Women in peace and security.
Thelma is a Nigerian from Delta State with a LLB Honours in International Law from University of Buckingham and a Fellowship from Stanford University USA. She holds a MBA on Entrepreneurship from Imperial College London.
Yewande Zaccheaus: Yewande is a graduate of Law from University of Lagos and obtained an LLM from Cambridge University, England in 1984. She began her career as a legal officer in the Nigerian-American Merchant Bank and thereafter in Ecobank Nigeria PLC as the pioneer Company Secretary and Legal Adviser. She established her own business Eventful Limited, an events management company. Eventful has established itself as the pacesetter and market leader in corporate and retail events as well as venue management. An alumnus of the Lagos Business School, Yewande sits on the Board of Women in Management and Business (WIMBIZ) and has received several awards for her contribution to the events industry in Nigeria and also the prestigious International Women’s Entrepreneurship Challenge Award. Yewande is happily married to Teni Zaccheaus and they are blessed with two children.
Deborah Odukoya is a clinical psychologist in training. She is currently undergoing her doctorate degree at University College London. She is a member of the UCL Centre for Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Research (CIDDR) and will be conducting her doctoral thesis on examining effective ways to challenge the stigma associated with intellectual disabilities in Nigeria.
Kemi Odukoya is a business owner based in Lagos, Nigeria. An alumnus of The University of Manchester, she has previous corporate experience in both her native London as well as Paris where she worked in the international mobility team at HSBC France. Kemi has a strong desire to effect change in Africa, and believes that the best way to achieve this is to empower women and young people.
Barrister Taiwo Akinlami is a public interest Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria; He has in the last 8 years been a consultant, facilitator, resource person, contents provider and researcher. Taiwo Akinlami is a LIFETIME PERSONAL AND CORPORATE CHANGE PILGRIM, SELF-MOTIVATED Social Worker and Social Empowerment Advocate, who has witnessed unusual and definite transformation from the seemingly insurmountable impacts of gross childhood abuses. He is the Principal of Taiwo Akinlami INSPIRES Limited and pursues with single-minded passion and tenacious commitment.
Mrs. Lai Koiki provides strategic leadership to Greensprings School Lagos Nigeria. She has over twenty five years of successful professional experience as an educational instructor, Leader and Administrator.She holds a Montessori Diploma from St. Nicholas Montessori Training centre London, in addition to a bachelor’s degree in Geography, from the University of Lagos. She is (more…)
Taiwo Odukoya is the senior pastor of The Fountain of Life Church, a ministry with a mission to provide a home for the lost; guide those in search of direction, purpose and calling; and raise a people who are committed to making a difference.Prior to going into full-time ministry, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya worked as a petroleum engineer with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for 12 years.
Pastor (Mrs.) Nomthi Odukoya is an educationist, life coach and writer. She is the Associate Senior Pastor of The Fountain of Life Church, Lagos, Nigeria under the leadership of her husband, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya. Pastor Nomthi as she is fondly called is passionate about building wholesome and integrated family life with focus on: raising Godly (spiritual) and socially responsible children. She ministers hope and healing to women of different strata (singles, married, single parents etc).
She is the Chairperson of Fountain Initiative for Social Development; a faith based non-profit organization committed to entrepreneurial development and empowerment of under-privileged individuals and communities across Nigeria.
(more…)
Ms Thelma Ekiyor: Ms Ekiyor has served as the First Executive Director / CEO of the TY Danjuma Foundation. She was the Executive Director of the West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) in Accra Ghana. She has also served as Senior Manager for Conflict Intervention and Peace build support at the Centre for Conflict resolution.
She has acted as the Director of Programmes for the West Africa Nigeria for the Peace building (WANEP) where she co-founded the Women in peace building network (WIPNET) serving as its first regional coordinator. She’s also the Founder and Executive Director of Afrigrants Resources Ltd. A member of several boards, locally and internationally, resource person / expert in International organizations .She authored and co-authored books on security and peace building in Africa especially on the roles of Women in peace and security.
Thelma is a Nigerian from Delta State with a LLB Honours in International Law from University of Buckingham and a Fellowship from Stanford University USA. She holds a MBA on Entrepreneurship from Imperial College London.
Yewande Zaccheaus: Yewande is a graduate of Law from University of Lagos and obtained an LLM from Cambridge University, England in 1984. She began her career as a legal officer in the Nigerian-American Merchant Bank and thereafter in Ecobank Nigeria PLC as the pioneer Company Secretary and Legal Adviser. She established her own business Eventful Limited, an events management company. Eventful has established itself as the pacesetter and market leader in corporate and retail events as well as venue management. An alumnus of the Lagos Business School, Yewande sits on the Board of Women in Management and Business (WIMBIZ) and has received several awards for her contribution to the events industry in Nigeria and also the prestigious International Women’s Entrepreneurship Challenge Award. Yewande is happily married to Teni Zaccheaus and they are blessed with two children.
Deborah Odukoya is a clinical psychologist in training. She is currently undergoing her doctorate degree at University College London. She is a member of the UCL Centre for Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Research (CIDDR) and will be conducting her doctoral thesis on examining effective ways to challenge the stigma associated with intellectual disabilities in Nigeria.
Kemi Odukoya is a business owner based in Lagos, Nigeria. An alumnus of The University of Manchester, she has previous corporate experience in both her native London as well as Paris where she worked in the international mobility team at HSBC France. Kemi has a strong desire to effect change in Africa, and believes that the best way to achieve this is to empower women and young people.
Barrister Taiwo Akinlami is a public interest Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria; He has in the last 8 years been a consultant, facilitator, resource person, contents provider and researcher. Taiwo Akinlami is a LIFETIME PERSONAL AND CORPORATE CHANGE PILGRIM, SELF-MOTIVATED Social Worker and Social Empowerment Advocate, who has witnessed unusual and definite transformation from the seemingly insurmountable impacts of gross childhood abuses. He is the Principal of Taiwo Akinlami INSPIRES Limited and pursues with single-minded passion and tenacious commitment.
Mrs. Lai Koiki provides strategic leadership to Greensprings School Lagos Nigeria. She has over twenty five years of successful professional experience as an educational instructor, Leader and Administrator.She holds a Montessori Diploma from St. Nicholas Montessori Training centre London, in addition to a bachelor’s degree in Geography, from the University of Lagos. She is (more…)