Hajiya Zainab Maina

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Hajiya Zainab Maina, FCIA, MFR (born 7 August 1948) is the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. She was appointed July 2011.

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Education and Personal Life

Zainab Maina hails from Adamawa state in North-East Nigeria. She was educated at foremost Nigerian polytechnic, Kaduna Polytechnic where she has Diploma in Administration and Higher National Diploma in Catering and Hotel Management. In addition,she has a certificate in Secretarial Studies from the Federal Training Centre Kaduna and also Centre for Development & Population,Washington DC,USA where she received a Certificate in Institution Building Activities. She is married to Alhaji Umar Joji Maina, the Dan-maliki of Mubi in Adamawa State and they are blessed with children.

Political and Governmental Career

Prior to her ministerial appointment in July 2011, Zainab Maina was:

Board Chairman, National Commission for Nomadic Education, Kaduna (2009–2011);

Board Chairman, Garki Microfinance Bank (1998);

Board Chairman, NCWS, Garki Microfinance Bank, Abuja (1997);

Deputy Chairman, Police Community Relations Committee FCT Command (1998-Date);

Member, Vision 2010 Committee (1997);

Board Member, National Programme on Immunization (1998–2000);

Board Member, Adamawa State Primary Schools Board (1991–1994);

Board Member, Family Economic Advancement Programme (FEAP) (1997–2000).

She was the National President – National Council for Women Societies (NCWS), Nigeria (1997-2001. In the ruling party in Nigeria, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Zainab Maina holds sway as part of the think-tank as Member, PDP Elders Committee; Member, PDP Board of Trustees; Executive Director, Women Affairs of the Jonathan/Sambo Presidential Campaign (2010); Member, PDP Presidential Electoral/Screening Committee (2010); National Women Representative, PDP Presidential Campaign Council (2007); Delegate, National Political Reform Conference (NPRC)-2005; Women Representative, PDP Reconciliation Committee on theExecutive/Legislative Impasse(2002); International Convener, Home Economics and Consumer Affairs International Council of Women (ICW) Bangkok, Thailand (1993).

Non-Governmental Work

Founder/President, Women for Peace Initiative (WOPI) Nigeria

Patron, Young Muslim Women Association, Nigeria

Sub-Regional Coordinator- Anglophone Africa, International Council for Women

Member, World Association of NGOs (WANGO)

Member, West African Civil Society Forum (WACSOF)

INGO Ambassador, International Non-Governmental Organization(London, UK)

Awards and Honours

National Award of Excellence towards Women Development Abuja, Nigeria

Jean Harris Award – Rotary International

Winner of the Distinguished Eagle Achievement Award Newark, New Jersey, USA

Amazon Women Award for Contribution towards the Development of Womanhood, Lagos, Nigeria.

Africa Youth Congress Award on the authority of the Senate Headquarters, Banjul, the Gambia

Merit Award by the Mayor of Atlanta, USA

Meritorious Certificate for Loyal and Devoted Services to Development by the Nawar-U-Deen Society of Nigeria

Certificate of Recognition – University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA

Quintessence Award for Remarkable Contribution to Humanity by media in support of Humanity (MISH)

Ambassador for peace by the Universal Peace Federation and the Inter-Religious and International federation for world peace

Honorary citizen of Kansas City, USA

Fellow, African Business School – FABS

Fellow Chartered Institute of Administration – FCIA

Member of the Order of the Federal Republic – MFR

References

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