Aisha Ismail, MON, appointed Minister of Women Affairs from June 1999 until May 2003, is a Nigerian matriarch and public servant.

Biography

Aishatu Ismail was educated at

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and University College of Swansea in

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, United Kingdom. She served in the

Government of Kano State Kano State Government is the government of Kano State, concerned with the administration of the state ministries. The government consists of the executive, legislative and Judiciary. The government is headed by the Governor who is the policy-maker ...

during the 1980s, becoming the first female commissioner in the Kano State Executive Council. She became the first director general of the

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in 1992. At various times between 1992 and 1994, she was a Special Envoy to the

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(now African Union), Head of Delegation to the

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and President of the African Regional Coordinating Committee on the Integration of Women in Development of the

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. Aisha served in the Cabinet of Olusegun Obasanjo as the Federal Minister of Women Affairs and Youth Development from 1999 until 2003. She worked on the passage of 2003 Child Rights Act, and during her tenure was a member of the opposition

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. She was made a

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awarded "for services to the nation"; she attended the 2014 National Conference as a delegate from Kano State. After leaving public service, she dedicated herself to her private life.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ismail, Aishat Living people People from Kano State Nigerian diplomats Federal ministers of Nigeria All Nigeria Peoples Party politicians Women government ministers of Nigeria Year of birth missing (living people)