Richest Nigerian Women

In a country where the average Nigerian
lives on less than $1 a day, there is a super-
rich class of business moguls, bankers,
preachers, politicians and oil magnates
whose private ownership of jets is more than
that of any other country in Africa.
According to report, Nigeria tops the list of
private jet owners in Africa and among those
who own these flying toys are four powerful
women.
                                                        Below is a list of the four women:
Folorunsho Alakija:
Folorunso Alakija
One of Nigeria’s first female billionaire is the
founder of Famfa Oil, a Nigerian company
that owns a substantial participating interest
in OML 127, a lucrative oil block on the
Agbami deep water oilfield in Nigeria. She is
estimated to be worth at least $3.2 billion.
She is said to own at least $100 million in
real estate and a $46 million private jet.
Diezani Alison-Madueke:
Diezani Alison-Madueke
She has held three significant positions in
the Nigerian federal government. She was
appointed Transport Minister in July 2007.
On 23 December 2008, she was named as
Minister of Mines and Steel Development
and in 2010, she was appointed Minister for
Petroleum Resources. She is the first
woman to hold the position of Minister of
Petroleum Resources in Nigeria.
In 2013, she was accused by the federal
lawmakers of squandering N10 billion to
charter and maintain private jet solely for
her personal needs and those of her
immediate family.
                                                         Hajia Bola Muinat Shagaya:
Hajia Bola Shagaya
She is the managing director of Practoil
Limited, one of the largest importers and
distributors of base oil in Nigeria, serving
local lubricant blending plants. She was said
to have recently acquired a Gulfstream G650
aircraft as a birthday gift to herself. She is
regarded as the closest friend of Dame
Patience Jonathan, the Nigerian First Lady
and according to sources close to her, she
has grown to become the strongest PDP
stalwart in Kwara. She is one of the richest
women in Africa.
                                                        Daisy Danjuma:
She is the wife of one of Nigeria’s richest
men, General Theophilus Danjuma.
According to reports, she got her own jet as
a gift from her billionaire husband. In 2003
she was elected Senator of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria where she served on
numerous committees, most notably as
Chairman of the ECOWAS Parliament’s
Women and Children’s Rights Committee and
Senate Committee Chairman on Women
Affairs and Youth Development.