Remi Tinubu, governors, others to attend inaugural Nigeria Women for peace summit

First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, and different outstanding leaders are anticipated to attend the maiden version 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 Friday, November 13, 2026, on the African Hall of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, Abuja.

The occasion is being hosted by Princess Edna D.D. Azura, Kwatam Mutaku, President of the National Council of Women Societies, (NCWS), Nigeria, and is anticipated to attract over 3,000 delegates from throughout the nation and past.

According to the organisers, the summit is designed as a high-level nationwide dialogue that includes coverage conversations, management engagements, peace-building classes, interfaith discussions, youth and ladies boards, and strategic partnerships involving authorities establishments, safety companies, conventional rulers, spiritual leaders, non-public sector, growth organisations and diplomatic missions.

A serious spotlight of the summit would be the Nigeria Women for Peace and Democracy Awards, which can rejoice distinctive Nigerians, establishments, growth companions, humanitarian organisations and ladies leaders whose contributions have strengthened peace, democracy, ladies’s empowerment, humanitarian service and nation-building.

The organisers mentioned the summit issues to Nigeria and the world as a result of for practically seven many years, the NCWS had remained Nigeria’s foremost ladies’s organisation and a revered member of the International Council of Women, (ICW), representing thousands and thousands of girls by way of skilled our bodies, rural cooperatives, faith-based organisations, ladies with disabilities, market associations and civil society teams.

They added that the summit would elevate Nigeria onto the worldwide stage by creating one among Africa’s largest women-led platforms devoted to peace-building, democratic participation, gender equality and inclusive governance, aligning with Sustainable Development Goals (SSG) 5 and 16 and the African Union Agenda 2063.