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She Is The District Gov. Of ROTARY Inter District 9110
At the just concluded City People Awards For Excellence, Rotarian Ifeyinwa Rita Ejezie was honoured for her remarkable leadership role in society. Her title in Rotary is a very big one. She is the District Governor of Rotary International District 9110. Lets tells you about this beautiful Rotarian called Ifeyinwa Rita Ejezie. She is a very popular woman in Rotary. She is well loved and respected by members. She is a seasoned member of Rotary International. She is currently the District Governor of Rotary International District 9110 for the year 2023-2024. Her district covers all the Rotary Clubs, in Lagos and Ogun State. Its made up of about 150 clubs. So you can imagine how tough her job is.
What many don’t know is that this stunning beauty is a very brilliant and accomplished professional. She is a Stockbroker and Commodity dealer. She is the National Vice Chairman of Association of Securities Dealing House of Nigeria (ASHON).
A few days back, City People spent some time with her at her Rotary Centre office in Ikeja GRA, Lagos and she revealed the onerous task before her as the District Governor of Rotary District 9110.
For many years, she has been a valued member of Rotary Club of Ikoyi Metro where she has contributed immensely. Now, she is doing same at the district level.
What is her job as DG, we asked her? “My job as District Governor is to supervise and oversee 150 Rotary Clubs within District 9110. I visited them regularly and make sure all is well in all these clubs. I am to be sure that they do things within the Rotary year, in line with the goals and aspirations of our RI International President, who is the President of the world And to be sure that they are touching humanity, that they are touching lives, within their communities, in the way they are supposed to.”
“So, as a DG, I am mandated to visit every club, at least once. We call it D.G’s Visit. That once is for me to have a Board Meeting with the Board Members of the club and then look at their books and see how they have set thier goals with Rotary International Club Central, which is where they are supposed to upload their goals, online, for RI President and once the other district leaders to be able to assess the goals for the district. So, I go round all the clubs, look at their books, have Board Meetings with them and be sure that they are ready for the year and that they are set to carry out projects within their communities that will touch lives, because the Motto of Rotary Foundation is: doing good in the world. Our job is to continue to touch the less priviledged within our society and to put laughter in the faces of those that have no hope and to give them hope.”
“Every year, the RI President will come up with a Theme, for the Rotary year. And the theme for this Rotary year is: Create Hope In The World! So, how do we create hope in the world? It is by touching lives,”by doing what we know how to do best. We do a Need Assessment within our communities to find out what they need and then we begin to provide.
How do we provide money? We don’t have money. Everything we do is either through donation, support from high networth individuals or support from government which is what we call on government to do all the time.”
They have not supported us enough. They should be partnering with Rotary, by now, to do larger projects within our community, because we have the network and we have the platforms with which to do this.
“Everytime, government is looking for how to do palliatives. Rotary has all the network, because we are in every community round the world and all over Nigeria.”
“In Nigeria alone, we have 4 districts.
This is one of the districts. We have other districts in the East and the North and in the South-East. So, that is what we do, as Rotarians”.
What sort of a person is Ify.? We can tell you. Let’s tell you about Ifeyinwa who is an indigene of Ihiala in Anambra State, is a Chartered Stockbroker & a Certified Commodity trader with the Lagos Commodity and Futures Exchange. In Rotary, she is a Major Donor, having contributed over 25,000 dollars to the Rotary Foundation. She has excelled both in her profession as a Stockbroker and, and her service to Humanity as a Rotarian.
Ify as she is fondly called, holds an MSC in Corporate Governance & Finance, from the Liverpool John Moore University, United Kingdom, MBA in Banking & Finance, from ESUT Business School, Lagos, Higher National Diploma (HND) in Business Administration, from Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, and Diploma in Banking & Finance from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers; (FCS), a Fellow ofthe Pensions Institute of Nigeria; (FPIN), a Fellow of the Certified Institute of Public Administrators, Ghana, Associate Member, Chartered Risk Management Institute of Nigeria (ACRM), Associate Member, Nigeria Institute of Management, Associate Member, Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment, UK (ACSI), and Associate Member, Institute of Chartered Economists of Nigeria (ICEN).
Ify was the Public Relations Officer, and member of the Executive Governing Council of the Association of Stock broking houses in Nigeria. She served as a Director on the board of Capital Market Development fund of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
She was a member of the committee with Nigerian Stock Exchange that set up the Automated Trading
System (ATS) that ended the ERA of Voice Call over system for trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
She served as’ Chairman of Organizing Committee for Capital Market Summit and Gala night for 3 years, (2013, 2017 and 2019). She is a Certified Commodity trader and an Equity Holder of the Lagos Commodities and futures Exchange. (LCFE). She is currently the Vice Chairman of the Association of Securities Dealing Houses of NIGERIA, to mention but a few.
As a Rotarian, her Rotary life started as a Rotaractor from her undergraduate days, before joining Rotary in 2006 as a member of Rotary Club of Ikoyi Metro. She has served Rotary at both the Club and beyond her Club level. Since her admission, she has served the club in various capacities such as Rotary Foundation Chair; Club Trainer, Service Projects Chair, Investiture Committees Chair, Club Treasurer, and Membership Chair. She was the Club President in 2011-2012, and emerged the Champion President, leading her club to win the Overall Best Club in District 9110, and the Overall Best Donor/Contributor to the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.
She has served District 9110 in various high-ranking capacities as: Vice Captain to Zonal Coordinators, 2020-2021; Chairman, District Conference 2019-2020; She organized the first ever, very successful, Virtual District Conference for District 9110, served as an Aide to Past RI Director and Trustee to the Rotary Foundation, Rotarian Julia Phelps – at the Rotary Institute Zone 20A ( now 22 ) held in Lagos 2018 . Chairman, Rotary Youth leadership Awards (RYLA), 2018-2019; Assistant Governor and Vice-Captain to Assistant Governors, 2015-2018 (3 years concurrently within which period she supervised over 12 Clubs).
Others are Coordinator, District Training Assembly (DTA), 2016-2017; Member, International Friendship Exchange, 2015-2016; Chairman, District Governor Installation Planning Committee, 2014-2015; Chairman. Rotary International Conferences & Convention for 2 Rotary years running concurrently, 2012-2013 and 2013-2014. Member, Rotary Foundation Dinner/Dance, 2011-2012 and Member;. District Governor Installation Committee, 2011-2012.
She has attended all Rotary International Conventions from 2010, being her first Convention in Montreal, Canada till date, and was trained as District Governor Elect, at the Rotary International Assembly held in Orlando, Florida January 2023.
She has equally participated in many Rotary International Presidential Conference and Training Institutes for Zone 20A (now Zone 22) such as: RI Presidential Conference, Maputo, Mozambique, 2022; Rotary Institute Cote D’ivoire Abidjan 2022, Rotary Institute Yaounde, Cameroon 2021; All Nigeria Rotary International Conference, Abuja, 2021; Rotary Institute Kampala, Uganda 2020 (Virtual); Rotary Institute, Lagos, Nigeria 2018; Rotary Institute Johannesburg, South Africa 2017; Rotary Institute, Jerusalem, Israel 2013; Rotary institute Livingstone, Zambia 2012 and Rotary Institute, Kampala, Uganda 2010.
She equally attended and participated in many West African Project Fair held in Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal 2012. She has attended all District Conferences since she joined Rotary in 2006 till date.
She is an Alumnus of Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) of Rotary International, having attended RLI Part I to Part III, to expand her Rotary Knowledge and now a Faculty member of Rotary Leadership Institute to train others.
She is a Member of Rotary Global History Fellowship of Rotary International. She is a Life Memberof Rotarians Forfighting Aids (RFFA) Action Group. She is a Charter Member of Rotarians Fellowship of Public Speakers.
This beautiful woman has earned numerous accolades and awards both in and outside of Rotary, which bore eloquent
testimonies to her distinguished personality, selfless and quality leadership exhibited overthe years. Some of these recognitions are: Award of Excellence, by Rotary District 9110, for her excellent leadership of Rotary Club of Ikoyi Metro in 2011-2012; Appreciation Award by Rotary Club of Ikoyi Metro for her invaluable contribution to the Club’s growth and Award of Excellence by Rotary District 9110, for her invaluable supportto District Administration in 2011-2012.
She has won the woman of Merit Gold Award, presented by PSR Magazine in Abuja in honor and recognition of her accomplishments in corpbrate administration.
- Family of Honor Award in recognition of her invaluable contributions to the society and humanity at large, by Christ Anglican Church, Bariga Diocese of Lagos West
- An Award from Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Lagos state, in recognition of her invaluable contribution to the society.
- Humanity and Conscience Award from the University of Benin Students Union
- Global Leader of Integrity Award by Proven Integrity Communications Network Ltd for Courage in Character, Patriotism and humanitarian leadership towards the development of her Country, Africa Continent, and the entire world, presented in Accra, Ghana, September 2012.
- An Award from Christ Holy Church International in recognition of her service to humanity and invaluable contributions to the Christian community.
Other awards include- Appreciation Award by Rotary Club of Ikoyi Metro for the Most Committed in Membership Development in 2010-2011 and Humanitarian Service Award by Rotaract District 9110 for her outstanding commitment and dedication to selfless service; Outstanding Service Award by Rotary Club of Gowon Estate, Ipaja for her noble contributions, exemplary commitment and dedication to the ideals of Rotary and Distinguished Service Award by Rotary Club of Opebi for her loyalty, untiring devotion and dedication to service and Appreciation Award by Rotary District 9110 for excellent and outstanding contribution to the District in 2016-2017, to mention but a few.
She is also a Paul Harris Fellow. For her leisure, Ify is a memberofthe famous Ikoyi Club 1938, Ikoyi Lagos. She loves travelling, meeting people, making friends across the globe, having creative discussions, reading to seek more knowledge and above all, offering Humanitarian services.
