The National Centre for Women Development (NCWD) is a Nigerian state-owned enterprise based in Abuja.
[1] The NWCD was commissioned on 17 October 1997, and modelled on the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW).
It works in collaboration with Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development.
[4] Onwenu served for two and a half years, claiming to have raised morale under difficult conditions in which she faced some ethnic opposition.
[5] In February 2016 President Muhammadu Buhari removed Onwenu, appointing Abdulmalik Dauda to succeed her as Acting Director General.