Olanike has worked for years to mobilize disadvantaged women in Kaduna State, Nigeria to address a socially oppressive government and a number of environmentally destructive cultural practices in water supply, energy services, urban transport and education issues. As director of the Environmental Management Initiative and the  Environmental Management and Protection Network, Olanike networks governmental and intergovernmental bodies, NGOs, CBOs and other individuals and corporate organizations to develop environmentally sustainable initiatives.