154:. In the process, she became Nigeria's first female women's development, a committee given the mandate to establish a working relationship between the government and other women's organizations in the country. After the Shagari administration, Johnson continued to play an advisory role in gender affairs. In 1985, she was head of Nigeria's delegation to the
166:. Part of the recommendations of the conference was for member nations to eliminate discrimination against women and adopt strategies that will include the participation of women in an effort to promote development. Johnson was the head of the women's advisory committee, charged to make recommendations to
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