Naja'atu Bala Muhammad

Naja'atu Bala Muhammad (born 1956) is a Nigerian politician. She is the first Kano state female politician to become a Senator, which she represent Kano Central District.[1] She is also one of the first women to have served as president of the National Students Union Nigeria in the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (ABU) and also the first female Vice - President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS).

She claimed to have brought the incumbent President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, into politics.[2]

Early life and education

Muhammad was born in 1956, in the Central City of Kano into the family of Alhaji Ali Abdullahi, who happens to be a core socialist and one of Mallam Aminu Kano's contemporaries in the Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU).[3] Muhammad attended primary school at St. Louis Private School, Kano, and went to WTC Secondary School in Kano. She obtained a bachelor's degree in history from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

Personal

Muhammed is the widow of Dr Bala Muhammed, a political adviser to Second Republic Governor Mallam Abubakar Rimi. Her husband was murdered 28 years ago by a mob that caused a rampage after the Mallam Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi issued the Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero a query.[4]

References
  1. Sean (16 February 2016). "Biography/Profile/History Of Hajiya Naja'atu Muhammed | Daily Media". dailymedia.com.ng. Daily Media. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. "Insecurity: I introduced Buhari to politics ― Hajiya Nàja'atu Mohammed". Vanguard News. 2020-06-21. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  3. "HAJIYA NAJATU MUHAMMED: THE UNASSAILABLE PROGRESSIVE AMAZON". www.newsgrainmagazine.com. News Grain. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  4. Ali, Richard. "Denudation: Remembering Dr Bala Mohammed Bauchi". Pambazuka News. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
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