Austine Odo
29 November 2007
Twenty women of Northern extraction will this Saturday December 1, in Abuja receive awards at the 2007 edition of annual Northern Nigerian women merit award organized by Crafthouse Communications Limited.
The event which according to a statement will be chaired by Justice Binta F. Nyako of the Federal High Court will also be used to raise funds for N50 million skills development centre project being embarked upon by the organization. A public lecture with the topic; "Harnessing the Potentials of Women for National Development" will be delivered by Dr (Mrs) Hajara Salim, a deputy director in the National Assembly. Over 50 women have received the award since its inception in 2005.
Among the recipients for this year's award are Hajia Laila Dogonyaro, a well-known woman activist and former national president of NCWS, Senator Patricia Akwashiki Vice-Chairman Senate Committee on Women Affairs & Youth Development, Dr. Hajo Sani former Minister for Women Affairs, Hajia Hadiza Abubakar, Deputy Director, Human Resources Central Bank of Nigeria as well as Ms Hussaina Ato, Public Relations Manager of NIPOST.
Others include, Hon. Khadija Abba Ibrahim, wife of the former governor of Yobe State and now member of the House of Representatives, Mrs. Medina Dauda of Voice of America (VOA), Hajia Zainab Dewu Deputy Director (Pensions) National Assembly, Mrs. Lami Buba, Commissioner in the Federal Civil Service Commission, and Hajia Hadiza Ghali Umar Na'Abba, late wife of the former Speaker House of Representatives. Also in the list are Dr. Ladi Hamalai, Programme Co-ordiantor, Policy Analysis and Research Project (PARP) of the National Assembly, Mrs. Lami Angela Ahmed, dealer of Conoil Petrol Station opposite NNPC Abuja, Mrs. Fatima Kwaku, a Kano-based legal practitioner, Hajia Aisha Rimi MD Bilmar Travel &Tours Kaduna, Mrs. Najah Muhammad, Manager Pensions NNPC, Mrs Zubaida Rasheed Chief Marketing Officer NITEL, Hon. Habiba Sabo Gabrin former Member Bauchi State House of Assembly, Hajia Fatima Usman of the University of Sokoto, Mrs. Martha Onwuzurumba, a Community Pharmacist and health worker with UNICEF as well as Mrs. Patricia Tabitha Bagudu the FCT Commissioner, Boys and Girls Brigade of Nigeria.
The NWMA, as the award is called, is Nigeria's first, and most widely acknowledged award for Nigerian women born or married in the North, who have distinguished themselves in various areas. The women are recognized in important circles and the international community. The awards have also won wide acclaim for their integrity and thoroughness because only women of great accomplishment from the Northern States and Abuja win the Northern Woman of Merit Awards.
Hajia Turai Yar'Adua, the first lady is the special guest of honour.
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