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Why I was sacked as Director General ONYEKA ONWENU

Singer and actress, Onyeka Onwenu, who has been removed as Director General of the National Centre for Women Development has released a disturbing allegation of how tribalism held sway in the agency and how she was persecuted because she is Igbo.

Read her story below:

When the call came on Sept 13 2013, to serve the Nigerian people as DG National Center For Women Development, I took it as a call from God and I answered in the affirmative.

I served for 2years and five months and did my best under very difficult conditions. We hardly had money to operate and the place was badly run down. Worst, there was low moral and lack of commitment among the Staff. Most spent the day loitering and gossiping. Many would not show up for work or arrive 11 am, only to leave before 3 pm. Some were absent for months and were just collecting their salary at home.

My administration changed all that. Most Staff were turned around and became passionate about the work, appreciating also the changes they thought were not possible but were happening right before them.

There remained though, a remnant who felt that the Center was their personal preserve and that the position of Director General should only go to someone from their part of the country. I was initially dismissed as just a Musician. When that did not work, I was targeted and abused for being an Igbo woman who came to give jobs to and elevate my people while sidelining them. When these detractors could not provide answers to the spate of improvement we were bringing, they resorted to sabotage and blackmail. The first such salvo was fired when a Senate Committee visited on an oversight mission a few months after my arrival. All three Generators at the Center were cannibalized, overnight, just hours to the visit.

We got over that incident and trudged on. The rest of our activities and accomplishments, modest as there is public knowledge. I have never in my life been an unfair person. I never favored any group. I carried everybody along. But I did not put up with deliberate incompetence and a refusal to learn, an attitude of entitlement which some people displayed. We brought back a level of professionalism and commitment to deliver on our mandate. Without these attributes, the Center would have fallen apart.

The Full Story, Bread Seller Turned Professional Model

Toyin Sokefun-Bello, better known as TY Bello, is a Nigerian Singer, songwriter, Photographer and Philanthropist, Prio to pursuing a solo Career, she was a member of the dufenct Gospel Band ''KUSH''. TY Bello is also a member of the Nigerian Photography Collective, '' Depth of Field.'' . She is best known for her singles ''Greenland'', Ekunayo'', ''The Man'', ''Freedom'' and ''Funmise''

Two weeks ago TY Bello went into Photo shooting with the Popular British Rapper, Tinie Tempah. The sun had settled and it was a good atmosphere for professional photo shooting, as the Professional Photographer set out to capture Tinie Tempah's Classic Looks, A Bread Hawker happened to be passing bye and she was mistakingly photographed.

TY Bello went on her instagram to share some of her photographs with Tinie Tempah, she also shared the one a Miss X appeared, Miss X happened to be the Bread Seller, who was hawking on the street.
She wrote thus '' BEAUTIFUL MISS X WHO IS SHE? Every one has been asking if this Lady is a model. It was just perfect coincence, she just happened to be walking by while I photographe.  It happened so fast.  She definitely SHOULD be a model. I'll be happy to help her build a portfolio if she's interested, she's so beautiful and photographed so well.  I'll find a way to track her own somehow.  You guys can also help, she hashtagged #Lagos #doesanyonerecognizeher #okunorentwins #tinietempah @thisdaystyle #Lagos #phaseone #Regrann , she reposted on several times.
The MISS X was later tracked down. Make up Artists and fashion designers took the job to make her over and she landed on the front page of ''This Day Style'' Magazine. 
From then on, her success story began from grass to grace. The Bread Hawker became a professional model. She has been signed to a professional model outfit in Lagos, she has also appeared on Huffington Post in Britain, we also learnet her make over was covered by cnn.

Olajumoke Orisagunwa, mother of two has been transformed into a beauty model, her children has been offeed scholarship. She gets a new luxury apartment also. This is the successful journey of a breadseller who photobomped a Rap Star photo shoot and landed herself a model contract.