Florence Ita Giwa

Florence Ita Giwa (born 19 February 1946) is a Nigerian politician, who served as Senator for the Cross River South Senatorial District of Cross River State. Early life and education Ita Giwa was born on 19 February 1946 in Cross River State, Nigeria. She attended primary education at Duke Town Primary School and proceeded to Edgerly Memorial Girls' School in Calabar for her Secondary studies. She attended the Kilburn Polytechnic in London, United Kingdom. She became a nurse, then a representative for the Beecham pharmaceutical company, and then moved to Standall Pharmaceutical where she represented Lagos State. She married Dele Giwa, the founding editor of Newswatch magazine.

Political Career Ita-Giwa joined politics and emerged as NRC chairman for Delta State. Thereafter, she was elected a member of the federal House of Representatives (1992–93), and was a member of the committee on devolution of power, constituent assembly 1994–95.

After leaving the senate in 2003, she joined the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, and became President Olusegun Obasanjo's Special Adviser on National Assembly Matters.

Ita Giwa has worked against human trafficking and sex slavery. Senator Florence Ita Giwa during the Calabar Carnival (2017). She has received the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) and The Sun Lifetime Achievement Award.

She was congratulated on her 80th birthday by President Bola Tinubu and commends her for her contributions of policy, law-making, and the political development of Nigeria.