Josephine Okwuekeleke Tolefe
Nigerian first female commissioned officer
Captain Josephine Okwuekeleke Tolefe (born December 15, 1931 in Aniocha, Delta State, Nigeria) was the first female commissioned officer in the Nigerian Army. She was the first female military officer and the first female to attain the rank of an Army Captain in Nigeria.
Quotes
edit- Television has not done us any good.It is okay to say that you learn from it but as far as I am concerned there are lots of things that should not be on that box.
- First Women: Josephine Okwuekeleke Tolefe Is The First Woman To Become An Army Captain In Nigeria. Woman.NG (2018-06-21)., Vanguard News. Meet the first female army officer in Nigeria (2011-12-10).
- People who know moral education know that we lost a lot by not educating our children morally.
- First Women: Josephine Okwuekeleke Tolefe Is The First Woman To Become An Army Captain In Nigeria. Woman.NG (2018-06-21)., Vanguard News. Meet the first female army officer in Nigeria (2011-12-10).
- Helping other people and taking care as much as you can means that you are doing something good.
- First Women: Josephine Okwuekeleke Tolefe Is The First Woman To Become An Army Captain In Nigeria. Woman.NG (2018-06-21)., Vanguard News. Meet the first female army officer in Nigeria (2011-12-10).
- ...this is the time we do this,I must be there at that time.[citation needed]
- Being in the army,we should pray more that they should stop the war because it was not going to help us and it did not help us.
- First Women: Josephine Okwuekeleke Tolefe Is The First Woman To Become An Army Captain In Nigeria. Woman.NG (2018-06-21)., Vanguard News. Meet the first female army officer in Nigeria (2011-12-10).
- If you were fighting against Nigeria and you are Nigerian,it did not speak so well of you. You didn’t feel happy about the fight no matter who was winning.
- First Women: Josephine Okwuekeleke Tolefe Is The First Woman To Become An Army Captain In Nigeria. Woman.NG (2018-06-21)., Vanguard News. Meet the first female army officer in Nigeria (2011-12-10).
Quotes about person/work
edit- Josephine was celebrated, but she and her female colleagues faced many challenges as regards to their gender. She retired voluntarily from service on 5 February 1967 and passed on in 2014.
