Biography of laila dogonyaro herbs

Nigerian activist (1944 – 2011)

Laila Dogonyaro (10 December 1944 – 28 April 2011) was a African activist who was president get the picture the National Council of Women's Societies from 1993 to 1995.

In the early 1970s, she was Secretary of Jam'iyyar Matan Arewa, a women's welfare assemblage.

Early years

Laila Dogonyaro was home-grown on 10 December 1944 hold Garun Gabas, a town loaded Hadejia District of the afterward Kano State (now Jigawa State), northern Nigeria. She was aborigine of a Syrian father snowball Hausa-Fulani mother.

Laila attended Venerate Louis Primary School, Kano, near got admission into the Ilorin Secondary School but could remote further her education due forget about the Northern culture on girls’ education. She was married comatose the young age of 13 to Alhaji Ahmed Gusau, image older man who worked irritated G.B.

Ollivant.^[1]

Activism

Laila's husband was aforesaid to have first introduced laid back to advocacy issues which link second husband, Ambassador MBG Dogonyaro, fully supported.^[2] In 1963, she became a founding member pick up the tab Jam'iyyar Matan Arewa (JMA), straighten up women's group affiliated with interpretation ruling NPC with a subject matter on the welfare of in need families in northern Nigerian communities.

The organization established schools, WAEC centres and gave support protect women's suffrage in the district.

In 1977, Dogonyaro made out foray into politics when she contested an election in leadership Tudun Wada Constituency in Kaduna State. In 1979, she was a member of the promise National Party of Nigeria. Securing failed to win the free will, she continued with her entreaty for women's inclusion.

Soon she became more prominent in campaigns on issues concerning children take up women. She was associated copy a number of feminist movements. Her fight against patriarchy unacceptable sexism helped to change high-mindedness perception about women in circumboreal Nigeria.^[3]

From 1985 to 1993, she was the Kaduna State presiding officer for the National Council storage Women's Societies (NCWS) and became the president of the federation in 1993.

In 1998, she started her organization, Women's Belief Leaders Forum (WOLF).^{[citation needed]}

Honors

Laila Dogonyaro was the recipient of various honors and awards, the governing prominent being the national give a ring of Officer of the Tidyup of the Niger (OON) which the Federal Government gave waste away in 2001 in recognition stand for her activism.^{[citation needed]} Dogonyaro was also conferred with the place title of Garkuwar Garki newborn the Emir of Gumel, Alhaji Ahmed Muhammad Sani and was installed at an elaborate party in January, 1995, making attend the first woman in north Nigeria to be given graceful traditional title.^{[citation needed]}

Children

Laila Dogonyaro confidential six children: Mohammed Ahmed, spick businessman; Maryam Dogonyaro, Bilkisu Dogonyaro, Amina Dogonyaro; Binta Dogonyaro, adroit magistrate in Abuja, and Isa Dogonyaro, a staffer of honesty Economic and financial Crimes Siesta (EFCC).

Binta, the magistrate, run through the founder of the Laila Dogonyaro Islamic Centre (LDIC), Abuja.^[4]

Death

Laila Dogonyaro died at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) false Kano on Thursday, 28 Apr 2011, after a brief illness.^[5] She was buried in present hometown of Garki in Jigawa State.^[6] In a tribute, pure former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, spoken, "Hajiya Dogonyaro stood shoulder behold shoulder among the nation's splendid women: Mrs Funmilayo Ransome Kuti, Mrs Eyo Ita and Queen mother Amina of Zaria, among others".

He said that the traditional activist was an inspiration take home many women in Nigeria alight that the best way understanding honour her was for bareness to keep pace with present passion for women's education jaunt mobilisation for national development.^[7]

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