PAWA: Empowering Female African Writers Project

  EMPOWERING FEMALE AFRICAN WRITERS PROJECT

The Pan African Writers Association, Accra, Ghana in collaboration with the Women's Organization of Resources, Knowledge and Skills (WORKS), Lagos, Nigeria will undertake the pilot scheme of the above named project in all its 54 member countries in Africa.

The aim of the project is to empower 2 female Writers in each PAWA member country free of charge for the eventual takeoff of their respective entrepreneurship careers which can supplement their writing careers.

In view of the above, Presidents of National Writers Associations under PAWA have been asked to nominate 2 female Writers from their respective Organizations who are interested in the project not later than September 15 2020.

Selected Female Writers will then be invited for a Zoom meeting to flag off this pilot project which is expected to be expanded in future to accommodate more female Writers.

Thank you.

Dr Wale Okediran
Secretary General, PAWA
Roman Ridge, Accra, Ghana
Email: pawahouse@gmail.com

 

Ghana President congratulates Wale Okediran on PAWA Appointment

 

GHANA PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES WALE OKEDIRAN ON PAWA APPOINTMENT

 

By Kola Muhammed

GHANAIAN President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has extended congratulatory message to the new Secretary-General of Pan-African Writers Association (PAWA), Dr. Wale Okediran following his appointment as the new leader of the association, charging him to use his new position to further the cause of the association.

In a statement signed by the Secretary to President Akufo-Addo, Nana Bediatuo, which was made available to Sunday Tribune on Saturday, stated that: “The President of the Republic welcomes the appointment of Dr. Wale Okediran as Secretary-General of the Pan-African Writers Association (PAWA), and extends his congratulations to him.

“With his experience and remarkable achievements, the President is confident that Dr. Okediran will work to fulfill the noble objectives of PAWA,” the statement read further.

Following the death of the founding Secretary-General of PAWA, Professor Atukwei Okai, the position has been temporarily filled by Emeritus Professor Femi Osofisan before the eventual appointment of Wale Okediran.

Prior to PAWA appointment, Okediran had been a one-time President of Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) and a member of Nigeria’s Federal House of Representatives. The medical doctor-turned-writer, with his plethora of experience, is believed by Akufo-Addo to be a fit for such position.

Culled from the Nigerian Tribune