The Director, Women Empowerment and Legal Aid, Mrs Funmi Falana, SAN, has expressed delight over the grand reception accorded her and other Senior Advocates of Nigeria, who are from Ekiti. Mrs Falana while speaking at the State Banquet organized by Ekiti State Ministry of Justice in honour of new SANs of Ekiti origin , as part of activities for the second anniversary of Governor Biodun Oyebanji said with the honour ,the notion that a prophet is not honoured in his town does not arise anymore. Amongst those honoured were; Funmi Falana, Chief Lawrence Falade; Mrs Folasade Alli, Mr Adeoye Babatunde, Emmanuel Olayiwola, Ayoola Ajayi, Mrs Oluronke Adeyemi and Mr Adeola Adedipe.
Funmi, who is wife of human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN) said it is no longer fashionable to say that the place of a woman is in the kitchen. Falana who expressed delight with the honour conferred on her and other senior advocates by Ekiti State Government, described it as a wake up call to younger ones to aspire to the top. “The lesson is that you can still be honoured in your own state.
“We have been placed in a position of role model unto the younger ones coming to see that if you put a lot of work into whatever you do, you can get to the top”. “My own has been the fight for women’s right and the defense of the oppressed people of Nigeria. This has been my work and I am sure I got this honour as a result of my work and contribution to the development of women’s law.
“Women are not whe.