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Breaking the blue ceiling: Stella Okuyiga’s eyewitness account of Nigeria’s first policewomen, By Godwin Onyeacholem

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As a memoir, it presents the remarkable life of a woman who joined the police as a young recruit and retired more than 30 years later as a deputy commissioner… As an inspirational work, it speaks to young women considering careers in policing and public service. It reminds them that institutions become stronger when opportunity […] The post Breaking the blue ceiling: Stella Okuyiga’s eyewitness account of Nigeria’s first policewomen, By Godwin Onyeacholem appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

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