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Keynote Address by Her Excellency, Wife of Sokoto State Governor, Hajia Maryam Mairo Tambuwal at the African Women Summit in Dubai

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5 years ago

August 6, 2021

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KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY FOUNDER OF MMAWT LEGACY INITIATIVE AT THE AFRICAN WOMEN SUMMIT IN DUBAI

The Founder of MMAWT Legacy Initiative and wife of the Sokoto State Governor, Hajiya Maryam Mairo Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, today delivered a keynote address titled: AFRICAN WOMEN RISE UP AND TAKE UP POLITICAL LEADERSHIP, at the ongoing African women summit organised by the Coalition of Women in Africa for Peace and Development (COWAP) Themed :The new realities of the African Woman in the post covid-19 era.

While speaking, Hajiya Maryam Mairo Aminu Waziri Tambuwal said, Gender equality and women’s empowerment are both human rights and are necessary for achieving comprehensive, unbiased, and sustainable development.

Women need to actively participate in government and politics in order to maintain democracy. Global statistics clearly show that women are under-represented as leaders, elected officials, and voters due to cultural and social norms, which limit their participation in the political process.

She lamented that though there have been some progress, Women are still left behind in education, healthcare, especially for rural women and policy formulation.

She highlighted the SDG and MDA goals as a necessity for meticulous redress perhaps more achievement for the women folk can happen.

The Founder of MMAWT legacy initiative further said, Balanced political participation and power-sharing between women and men , most importantly women inclusion in decision-making and solicited for the Political will of leaders to embrace reality!

With Reference to the internationally agreed target set in the Beijing Declaration on affirmative action and Platform for Action, where most countries in the world have not fully achieved gender balance, and few have set or met ambitious targets for gender parity of the African Union of (50–50).
On her campaigns towards encouraging women participation in Sokoto State, Hajiya Maryam Tambuwal, Spoke about the resuscitation of some participation in the selection of the presidents of women bodies. Like the National council of women societies (NCWS) Arewa Women Congress (AWC) and other Coalitions aimed at encouraging women to thrive in several endeavors and those willing to participate in politics for full support.

While giving a progress report on Gender policy in Sokoto State, the wife of the governor lauded the Gender friendly approach of the Sokoto State Governor, Rt Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, for increasing the population of women in policy formulation, through provision of slots to women in the Executive council and making sure that each local government area of the state, has 3 female councilors, appointment of women into the Executive council, Board memberships and advisory appointments.

Hajiya Maryam Mairo Aminu Waziri Tambuwal also called for Affirmative actions to address the challenges Nigerian women still face in active participation in politics such as discriminatory socio-cultural and religious practices; lack of finance; under-representation of women in governance; unhealthy political environment; political party discrimination; wrong perception of women in politics; lack of family, fellow women and media support; indigenization of women political aspirants; among others. Undoubtedly , she applauded Elders in the state for their wise counsel and modalities adopted from experiences with woman coalition groups on grassroot penetration.

In conclusion , She applauded the growing trend of women who recently have been appointed to Man the affairs of Banks as C.E.O., others in the private sector and the minute few in the public sector.

Democracy she emphasized encompasses our political economy, legislations and implementations.

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Tinubu Nominates Oyedele As Minister of State for Finance, Moves Anite-Uzoka to Budget Ministry

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1 day ago

March 3, 2026

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A statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy Bayo Onanuga, has announced that “President Bola Tinubu has nominated Taiwo Oyedele as the minister of state for finance, replacing Doris Anite-Uzoka.

“Mrs Anite-Uzoka will now move to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, as the Minister of State, her third portfolio in the administration.

“President Tinubu has today conveyed the nomination of Mr Oyedele to the Senate for confirmation in a letter to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.

“Until President Tinubu nominated him as a minister, Mr Oyedele from Ikaram, Akoko, Ondo State, was the chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, which overhauled Nigeria’s tax system.

“Mr Oyedele, 50, is an economist, accountant and public policy expert.

“He attended Yaba College of Technology, where he obtained a Higher National Diploma (HND) in accountancy and finance. He attended Oxford Brookes University and earned a BSc in applied accounting.

“He also completed executive education programmes at the London School of Economics, Yale University, the Gordon Institute of Business Science, and the Harvard Kennedy School.

“Mr Oyedele spent 22 years of his working career at PwC, joining in 2001 and rising to become the Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader.

“Mr Oyedele is also a professor at Babcock University in Ogun State and a visiting scholar at the Lagos Business School.”

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Defection: Atiku’s Son, Adamu, Resigns As Adamawa Commissioner

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2 days ago

March 3, 2026

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Adamu Abubakar, the first son of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has resigned as Adamawa State’s commissioner for works and energy development, days after Governor Ahmadu Fintiri defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress.

Abubakar’s resignation letter, dated 2 March 2026, was addressed to the governor through the Secretary to the State Government. He gave no reason for his departure.

The timing is pointed. Fintiri announced his defection to the APC in a statewide broadcast last Friday, saying his cabinet and the PDP’s state structure had moved with him. Within 24 hours, 22 commissioners and special advisers publicly announced they were following suit. Abubakar, whose father remains one of the PDP’s most prominent national figures, was not among them.

In a statement issued Monday night, Abubakar’s media aide Abdulaziz Jauro said the former commissioner thanked the governor for the opportunity to serve and pledged continued loyalty to the administration’s developmental agenda. He also expressed gratitude to his father “for granting him the moral support and blessing to serve the people of Adamawa State” — a line that, read in context, suggests Atiku was consulted on the decision.

Abubakar said his resignation was not a withdrawal from public life. “This does not mark the end of his commitment to public service,” the statement read, “but rather the beginning of new avenues for developmental collaboration.”

The resignation leaves unresolved the question of whether it reflects a political break with the governor over his defection or a personal decision unconnected to the broader party realignment now reshaping Adamawa’s political landscape.

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DSS Nabs Man over Assassination Attempt on Peter Obi

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2 days ago

March 3, 2026

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Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) has detained a man in connection with the recent attack and alleged assassination threats targeting Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

According to AIT, the shooting incident took place on February 24, 2026, in Benin City, Edo State, during a political gathering attended by Obi and several figures from the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The meeting was hosted by former APC National Chairman, John Oyegun. Gunmen reportedly opened fire at the venue, causing panic and forcing attendees to disperse for safety.

According to security sources, shortly after the attack, an individual identified as Udeme Monday Stephen allegedly took to social media claiming responsibility and issuing additional threats against Obi, warning of further violence.

Intelligence officials reportedly initiated swift investigations, employing digital tracing and forensic tools that led to the arrest of the 26-year-old suspect in Rivers State. He is said to be a teacher at a private secondary school in the Eliozu area of Obio-Akpor Local Government Area.

The suspect remains in DSS custody and is expected to face prosecution. The agency reiterated its commitment to responding to credible threats and safeguarding lives and national interests without bias.