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Aishatu Madawaki

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a newspaper, Madawaki commented that marginalization of women in any form should be eradicated from the human space. Further stating that even though the dictates of a person's religion supersedes gender unification, women should not be viewed as being below men, because if given equal opportunities in certain aspects of life, they may even perform better than the male counterparts. She decried tribalism and favouritism in the Nigerian political and societal space as also being responsible for gender segmentation in Nigeria.
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Speaking on under age marriage among Northern women, Madawaki explained that she is more concerned about the orientation of the family of the girls as she was also married quite early but her parents knew the value of education and it didn't deter her from furthering it. In an interview published by
290:. In April 2018, along with the 24 other commissioners in the state, she was sacked by the government in what was termed by her employers as "restructuring and re-strategizing the cabinet for optimum efficiency and service delivery to the people of State". 225:, Madawaki had her primary education in Sarkin Kudu Primary School. She proceeded to Government Girls Secondary School, Kotarkoshi for her secondary school. She obtained her National Certificate in Education from College of Education, Sokoto (renamed 278:
that called for a woman president in Nigeria and pushed for more representation of women within the state. This caused government officials in the state to reiterate their commitment towards gender equity in the state.
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College of Education). After her program in the school, she began lecturing educational psychology at the institution. She got her master's degree from
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In 2014, she was selected as a delegate representing Sokoto State in the sovereign national conference, an initiative of President
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Madawaki was made commissioner for women affairs and social development to the government of
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between 1999 and 2003. Other roles she played in statewide capacities includes chairperson,
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on finding lasting solutions to issues that arises in the co-habitation of Nigerians.
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In January 2018, she was made commissioner for basic and secondary education for
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Sokoto State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development
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Sokoto State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary education
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Index

Professor
MFR
OFR
Aminu Tambuwal
Attahiru Bafarawa
Gusau
Northern Region
British Nigeria
Zamfara State
Alma mater
Usman Danfodio University
Bayero University
OFR
MFR
OFR
Nigerian
politician
Sokoto caliphate states
Sokoto State
Zamfara State
Kebbi State
Northern Nigeria
Attahiru Bafarawa
Gusau
Shehu Shagari
Usmanu Danfodio University
Bayero University
Sokoto
Nigeria
Attahiru Bafarawa

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