[5] She holds a Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) in ground water from Loughborough University.
[6] She also obtained a Post Graduate Degree (PGD) in Hydrology and Hydrogeology from the University College London in 1979.
[7][8] In March 2007, she became the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and after months of service, she became the Head of Nigerian Civil Service, making her the first female to serve in that capacity from the history of Nigeria.
[11] She founded the Abuja Chapter of the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) Archived 2020-11-23 at the Wayback Machine.
[12] She was one of the six delegates that represented the retired civil servants at the 2014 Nigeria's National Conference.