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Daisy Ehanire Danjuma is a Nigerian politician who was the senator representing the Edo South Senatorial District of Edo State at the Nigerian Senate from 2003 to 2007.
She was elected Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria . While in the Senate, she was a member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) and Chairman, Women and Child Right Committee of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Parliament). She was also the Chairman, Senate Committee on Women Affairs and Youth Development. She served as Member, Senate Committees on Health, Education, Finance and Land Transport of the National Assembly.
When you think of a woman who would always defend children against the invasion of the proverbial hungry hawk, Senator Daisy Danjuma comes to the mind most especially for the role she played in the protection of children as the Chairman ECOWAS Parliament’s Women and Children’s Rights Committee and Senate Committee Chairman on Women Affairs and Youth Development at the senate. She was fierce, outspoken, intelligent, and glamorous.
She was the Chairman of South Atlantic Petroleum Limited from 1999 – 2003. She is an alumnus of the Lagos Business School. A member of the International Bar Association (IBA), The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA).
She is also a Trustee of the H I D Awolowo Foundation, the Chairman, Board of Trustees of Lagos Public Interest Law Partnership and currently the Executive Vice Chairman of South Atlantic Petroleum Limited.
