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Dr. Henry Ationu, a specialist in insurance, has said that more involvement of women in the production and consumption of financial services in Nigeria would improve insurance and financial inclusion.

He mentioned regulation, technology, and financial knowledge as elements that would support financial inclusion in a statement.

Ationu, who is also the president of the University of Lagos Actuarial Science and Insurance Class of 1989 Alumni Association and the founder of Heat Finance and Investments Ltd, which owns Heatmoney, made these remarks at a symposium and award presentation the group held in honor of Prof. Sunday Aduloju, a classmate who was promoted to the position of Professor of Insurance and Risk Management at the University of Lagos (Unilag).

Dr. Biodun Adedipe delivered the key paper at the conference, “Insurance and Financial Inclusion: Designing Insurance Products for the Informal Sector.”

The Deputy Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon Peter Akpatason, has emerged the winner of the election into the House of Representatives to represent Akoko-Edo Federal Constituency for a record fourth term.

Announcing the result in Igarra, headquarters of the constituency, the Independent National Electoral Commission collation officer, Professor Robert Okuonghae, said Akpatason, who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, scored a total of 14,982 votes to defeat his closest rival, Hon Kabiru Adjoto of the Peoples Democratic Party who polled 9,293 votes while the Labour Party polled 7,993.

In Edo Central Senatorial District, for the first time since 1999, a party other than the PDP won the senate seat in the person of Monday Okpebholo of APC who scored 41,334 votes while the LP scored 32,574 and the PDP got 25,225, the results were announced by Professor Ray Ozuolua DVC Academics.

Meanwhile, the husband of Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson, Odianosen Okojie, won the House of Representatives seat for the Esan South-East/Esan North-East Federal Constituency as he scored a total of 21,764 votes to defeat the PDP which scored 10,007 while LP scored 11,528 the results were announced by Dr Victor Imade.

The APC also won the Etsako Federal Constituency where its candidate, Dekery Anamero as the winner haven scored 58,692 votes to defeat Andy Momodu of the PDP who scored 25,132 as announced by the returning officer, Professor Buniyamin Adesina Ayinde.