Draft:Ezinne Bridget Yeye

'''Lady Amb. Ezinne Bridget Yeye. A.K.A Digital Mama was born on''' (27th March, 1974) in Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria and raised by Late Mrs. Agnes Isedu. She was born into a family of eight and she is the sixth child of Late Chief Daniel Isedu and Late Mrs. Agnes Isedu. She attended Akpekpe Primary School in Auchi and did her secondary school in Auchi College. Lady Ezinne JP proceeded to the Ambrose Ali University where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics in 1999. She also obtained a master’s degree in Economics from Highstone Global University, Texas. '''She married Surveyor Amb. Steve Abiodun Yeye in 1998 and is blessed with three children whose names are Abidemi Yeye, Omolola Yeye, and Oluwatimilehin Yeye''. Lady Ezinne JP (popularly known as Digital Mama) is a Nigerian who specializes in banking, event planning, and academic research. She was employed as a bank manager with Stanbic IBTC Bank in 2001. During her days as a bank manager she was presented an award.

Biography
Lady Amb. Ezinne Bridget Yeye JP. A.K.A Digital Mama was born on (27th March, 1974) in Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria and raised by Late Mrs. Agnes Isedu. She was born into a family of eight and she is the sixth child of Late Chief Daniel Isedu and Late Mrs. Agnes Isedu. She attended Akpekpe Primary School in Auchi and did her secondary school in Auchi College. Lady Ezinne JP proceeded to the Ambrose Ali University where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics in 1999. She also obtained a master’s degree in Economics from Highstone Global University, Texas. She married Surveyor Amb. Steve Abiodun Yeye in 1998 and is blessed with three children whose names are Abidemi Yeye, Omolola Yeye, and Oluwatimilehin Yeye. Lady Ezinne JP (popularly known as Digital Mama) is a Nigerian who specializes in banking, event planning, public speaking and academic research. She was employed as a banker with Stanbic IBTC Bank (formerly known as Stanbic Nigeria Limited) in December 2001 and confirmed in June 2002. During her days as a banker she first worked as the teller clerk at 133A Stanbic IBTC, Olu Obasanjo Road, Port Harcourt. Her outstanding performance resulted in her promotion to higher units such as the customer service/customer consultant officer, fund transfer officer, team lead, ATM custodian, head of operations (HOP) and ultimately the branch manager. Because of her managerial skills and customer centric qualities, she was deployed to manage different branches which include Stanbic IBTC Eleme Petrochemical branch, Stanbic IBTC Artillery branch Stanbic IBTC award photoand Stanbic IBTC Trans-Amadi Mothercat branch, all of which are in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The management of the Stanbic IBTC Bank presented her an award as the most customer centric staff and the PBB Mark of Excellence Award Stanbic IBTC award photo in 2015 and this brought her more recognition in the banking sector. Lady Ezinne JP was one of only two Nigerians who were awarded an all-expenses-paid trip to travel to many countries of the world in 2015 by the management of Stanbic IBTC Bank, which is alternatively called Standard Bank in South Africa. She travelled to South Africa, Spain, Israel, Egypt, the United Kingdom, Ethiopia, and many other countries. Having reached the peak of her career as a renowned banker and worked with the Stanbic IBTC Bank for over eighteen years, she resigned in 2018 to pursue a career in event planning, academic.

Early life
Lady Amb. Ezinne Bridget Yeye JP was born on 27th March, 1974 in Auchi. She is the sixth child of her parents. Generally, growing up she had passion for education and advocacy. After finishing her primary school, she enrolled in the Auchi College to fulfill her dreams of being educated at a time when females were not prioritized in education. She strove to make a difference and set the pace for inspiring other women to pursue education as a way of liberating themselves from social confinement orchestrated by patriarchal customs that privileged males over females. Lady Ezinne JP was loved by her parents, particularly her mother, Late Mrs. Agnes Isedu, who observed the passion for excellence in her. Late Mrs. Agnes Isedu continued advising her to keep up the spirit of excellence and leadership. In her secondary school, she was always regarded as a virtuous and passionate young girl. Upon completing her secondary school, Lady Ezinne JP insisted on going to the university. Because her parents were very poor, she decided to work extra hours and days on the farm to raise enough money to enroll herself in the university. Eventually, her dreams came true and she enrolled in the Ambrose Ali University, Edo State, where she studied Agricultural Economics because of her experience in managing the farm to maximize profit. Lady Ezinne JP excelled in the aspect of leadership. Her passion for excellence and desire not to allow herself be constrained by the social belief that a woman cannot be on equal social status with a man led her to contest in the Ambrose Ali University Students Union elections where she contested as the vice president and won, and became the only woman among the executives of the union in 1996. She has sustained this passion till date and it is the reason why she has occupied different leadership positions in the social organizations to which she belongs.

Marriage and children
Lady Amb. Ezinne Bridget Yeye JP married Surveyor Amb. Steve Abiodun Yeye in 1998. Her traditional marriage ceremony was held on 3rd July, 1998, while the church wedding was held on 4th July, 1998. She has three children: Abidemi Yeye (13th June, 1999), Omolola Yeye (16th October, 2003), and Oluwatimilehin Yeye (14th June, 2007).

Recognition
Lady Amb. Ezinne Bridget Yeye received the following awards and honours:

1. Stanbic IBTC Bank PBB 2014 Mark of Excellence Award Excellence Award

2. Stanbic IBTC Eagle Excellence Award, 2007

3. Stanbic IBTC Long Service Award, 2012

4. Stanbic IBTC Integration Effort and Contribution Honour, 2008

5. Stanbic IBTC Honour of Dedication, 2008

6. Stanbic IBTC Honour of Outstanding Performance, 2007

7. Methodist Church of Nigeria Susannah Wesley Award, 2022

References/Notes and references
Yeye, B (2024). We should mother ourselves too. iPress Publishers. ISBN: 974-975-57636-3-7. https://online.fliphtml5.com/mzllr/onsu/index.html