Succeeded by Mahmoud Mohammed | Name Aloma Mukhtar | |
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Born 20 November 1944 (age 79) ( 1944-11-20 ) Similar People Dahiru Musdapher, Mahmud Mohammed, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Bello Hayatu Gwarzo, Sani Bello | ||
Education St Bartholomew's School | ||
Documentary on Hon.Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, GCON..PART 1
Aloma Mariam Mukhtar (born 20 November 1944) is a Nigerian jurist and former Chief Justice of Nigeria from July 2012 to November 2014. She was called to the English Bar in November, 1966 and to the Nigerian Bar in 1967.
Contents
- Documentary on HonJustice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar GCONPART 1
- Documentary on HonJustice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar GCONPART 2
- Background
- Career
- Awards
- References
President Goodluck Jonathan swore in Mukhtar on 16 July 2012 as the 13th indigenous Chief Justice of Nigeria, and conferred on her the Nigerian National Honour of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON).
Documentary on Hon.Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, GCON..PART 2
Background
Mukhtar is from Adamawa state. She attended Saint. George’s Primary School, Zaria, St. Bartholomew’s School, Wusasa, Zaria, Rossholme School for Girls, East Brent, Somerset, England, Reading Technical College, Reading, Berkshire, England, and Gibson and Weldon College of Law, England, before being called to the English Bar in absentia in November, 1966.
Career
Mukhtar began her career in 1967 as Pupil State Counsel, Ministry of Justice, Northern Nigeria and rose through the ranks:
In her career, Mukhtar has been many firsts: she is the first female lawyer from Northern Nigeria, first female judge of the High Court in Kano State judiciary, the first female justice of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria, the first female justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and the first female Chief Justice of Nigeria.
Awards
During the course of her career she received several awards including the Nigerian national honor of Commander of the Order of Niger in 2006. Prior to that in 1993 she received a Gold Merit Award for her contribution in the development of law in Kano state and was also inducted into the Nigerian Hall of Fame in 2005.