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El-Rufai’s Wife Becomes Northern Governors Wives’ Chairperson
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- Hadiza, who was unanimously elected on Monday for a two-year tenure, takes over from Amina Bello, wife of Niger Governor Abubakar Bello.
Hadiza, the wife of Kaduna Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has emerged Chairperson of the Northern Governors Wives’ Forum (NGWF).
Hadiza, who was unanimously elected on Monday for a two-year tenure, takes over from Amina Bello, wife of Niger Governor Abubakar Bello.
While Olufolake Abdulrazaq (Kwara) was elected the Vice-Chairperson, and Anna Ishaku (Taraba) was elected Secretary.
Mariya Tambuwal (Sokoto) was elected as the Welfare Officer, Asma’u Yahaya (Gombe) emerged Treasurer and Regina Lalong (Plateau) was elected Public Relations Officer.
In her speech, Hadiza demanded that women be given adequate opportunities to contribute to nation-building.
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She called for pressure on federal and state legislature to allocate “a certain percentage of seats for women”.
“This is because we cannot compete equally with the men. We all know this has a lot to do with financial strength and women are not strong financially”, she said.
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