LAGOS COURT JAILS NOGASA CHAIR, FATUYI PHILLIPS 21 YEARS FOR N43. 5M FRAUD. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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 Lagos Court Jails NOGASA Chair, Fatuyi Phillips 21 Years  for N43.5m Fraud    Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, November 18, 2024, convicted and sentenced Fatuyi Yemi Philips, Chairman, Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria, NOGASA, to 21 years imprisonment for N43.5m fraud.   The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on April 5, 2022, arraigned Philips alongside his firm, Oceanview Oil and Gas Limited, on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N43, 502,000.00   Count one reads: "Fatuyi Yemi Philips and Oceanview Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited, on or about the 28th day of September, 2016 at Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, obtained the aggregate sum of N43, 502,000.00 from Elochukwu Okoye and Elebana Unique Ventures Nigeria Limited on behalf of WAPCIL Nigeria Limited under the false rep

PRAMILLA IS A HEADTEACHER IN SRI LANKA, DESPITE HER ACHIEVEMENTS, HER FAMILY AREN'T IMPRESSED. (PHOTO).


At only 26 years old, Pramilla is a headteacher at a school in Sri Lanka. Despite her achievements, her family aren’t impressed…
 
"Some families... they don't accept when a young girl is independent and she takes all the decisions in her life,” she tells us.
 
According to the World Bank, just over a third of Sri Lankan women participate in the labour market - significantly less than the global average of 50%. For many decades, there has been a prevailing societal stereotype that women are primarily responsible for managing households, while men are expected to be the breadwinners.  

But some women have challenged and overcome these views. 

Pramila says her family were conflicted about her getting a job and living independently - although happy that she's supporting the family, they weren't so sure about her living alone to do that.

"They told me that you can work for a couple of years in our own town and then get married to someone who my father knows. When I denied that, I found my own accommodation, I paid for it. My parents were really furious… If I go back to my hometown now, there would be lots of people asking me when I'm going to get married.”

"If I move back, they will make me get married. I’d have to lead a typical girl life. I don't want to be like that. I couldn't continue my job.”

"They hate my job because they think that my job changed me."

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