Fatima Ibrahim Shema (born in 1962) in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. She was the First Lady and wife to the former Executive Governor of Katsina State, Alhaji Ibrahim Shehu Shema.[1][2] She is a humanitarian and has often been referred to as the Iron Lady[citation needed] due to her resolute character and intolerance, and she was awarded the Most Valuable Governor's Wife in the North-West award.[3] Fatima has never worked with the government but rather ran personal businesses until becoming the First Lady in 2007.[4]
Early life and education
editFatima was born in Zaria, Kaduna in the year 1962. Her educational career started at Ja’afaru Primary School in Sabon Gari Zaria, between 1969 and 1974. She was a student at Government Girls Secondary School, Kawo Kaduna State between 1971 and 1981. She then joined the famous Katsina College of Arts, Science and Technology between 1981 and 1984. She acquired a B.sc. Degree in Business Administration from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.[1][4]
Career
editShe was the First Lady of Katsina State from 2007 to 2015 as wife and immensely supported her husband's political success. She is engaged in personal business of poultry and fish farming.[1] She initiated a foundation for empowering women and children called "Service to Humanity".[4] Fatima was reported to sack a Supervisory Councillor for Water and Sanitation in Matazu Local Government on the 27th December, 2012.[5]
Personal life
editFatima is the wife to the ex-Executive Governor of Katsina State Alhaji Ibrahim Shehu Shema and they have four children.[1][4]
Bibliography
edit- Kabir, Hajara Muhammad, Northern women development. [Nigeria]. ISBN 978-978-906-469-4. OCLC 890820657.
References
edit- ^ a b c d Kabir, Hajara Muhammad (2010). Northern women development. [Nigeria]. p. 183. ISBN 978-978-906-469-4. OCLC 890820657.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Katsina: Home Of Megalomaniac First Ladies". Sahara Reporters. 2013-01-13. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
- ^ Byrne, Angela (2013), "Most Valuable and Interesting to the Science of Our Country", Geographies of the Romantic North, Palgrave Macmillan, doi:10.1057/9781137311320, ISBN 978-1-349-45693-2, retrieved 2022-05-17
- ^ a b c d "Hajiya Fatima Ibrahim Shema: Hakuri sirrin nasarar rayuwa". Aminiya. 2013-10-18. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
- ^ "An Iron and Fisty Lady". Vanguard News. 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2022-05-17.