Amina Titi Atiku-Abubakar Explained

Amina Titi Atiku-Abubakar
Office:Second Lady of Nigeria
1Namedata:Atiku Abubakar
1Namedata1:Stella Obasanjo
Term Label:In role
Term Start:29 May 1999
Term End:29 May 2007
Predecessor1:Mrs. Akhigbe
Successor1:Patience Jonathan
Birth Name:Titilayo Albert
Birth Date:6 June 1951
Birth Place:Ilesha, Southern Region, British Nigeria (now Ilesha, Osun State, Nigeria)
Alma Mater:Kaduna Polytechnic

Amina Titilayo Atiku-Abubakar (born Titilayo Albert; born 6 June 1951) is a Nigerian advocate of women and child rights and the wife of former vice president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar.[1] She is the founder of Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation (WOTCLEF) and the initiator[2] of the private bill that led to the establishment of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).[3]

Early life and education

Titilayo Albert was born into a Christian home to the Albert family, a Yoruba family from Ilesa, Osun state.[4] [5] She was raised in Lagos and had her primary education in Lafiaji, Lagos then proceeded to St. Mary's Iwo, Osun state for her secondary education up until 1969.[6] [7]

In 1971, she married Atiku Abubakar, then a young customs officer, before attending Kaduna Polytechnic.[8] Apart from English, she speaks Yoruba and Hausa languages fluently. She converted from Christianity to Islam.[9] [10]

Career and advocacy

She was a lecturer at Kaduna State Polytechnic. While in Rome to further her education in 1986 and 1987, she saw many Nigerian girls on the street. After making inquiry, she realized that many of the girls served as prostitutes for their madams, and quite often were not paid.

WOTCLEF & NAPTIP

In 1999, when her husband, Atiku Abubakar became Nigeria's vice president, she started an advocacy to end forced prostitution and other forms of human trafficking. She founded Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation (WOTCLEF), and then sponsored a private bill for strict punishment for traffickers, and for the establishment of a federal agency, the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, responsible for fighting trafficking of persons in Nigeria. She also ran education courses focused on welcoming and rehabilitating girls repatriated from different countries back home to Nigeria.[11]

Awards

Publications

Amina Titi Abubakar is the author of a number of publications including:[14]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: How I Met Married Atiku Titi Abubakar. 18 November 2018. News Agency of Nigeria. premiumtimesng.com. 19 July 2021.
  2. News: Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation (WOTCLEF). 16 June 2017. The Communication Initiative Network. 21 March 2011. en.
  3. Web site: 2018-01-26. More Laurels for Titi Abubakar. 2021-05-20. Vanguard News. en-US.
  4. Web site: My battle to marry Atiku Titi Abubakar - OnlineNigeria.com. nm.onlinenigeria.com. Online Nigeria. 16 June 2017. en. 7 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170907212707/http://nm.onlinenigeria.com/templates/?a=4580. dead.
  5. News: The News, Volume 18. 96. Independent Communications Network Limited. 2002. Nigeria.
  6. News: Hajiya Titi Abubakar: Working to restore human dignity. 16 June 2017. www.weekend.peoplesdailyng.com. People's Daily. en-gb. https://web.archive.org/web/20170823115041/http://www.weekend.peoplesdailyng.com/index.php/lifestyle/womanhood/1739-hajiya-titi-abubakar-working-to-restore-human-dignity. 23 August 2017. dead.
  7. Web site: 2018-12-02. My mum said she could give all her daughters to Atiku as wives —Titi Abubakar. 2021-05-20. Punch Newspapers. en-US.
  8. Book: Atiku: the story of Atiku Abubakar. Onukaba Adinoyi-Ojo. Africana Legacy Press. 2006.
  9. Web site: How a pastor I trusted defrauded me of N918 million. 2 March 2024.
  10. Book: Amazing crusade: media portrait of the Titi Atiku Abubakar war against human trafficking. 1. Josiah Emerole. Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation. 2002.
  11. News: Sufuyan. Ojeifo. My battle to marry Atiku Titi Abubakar - OnlineNigeria.com. 16 June 2017. nm.onlinenigeria.com. Online Nigeria. en. 7 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170907212707/http://nm.onlinenigeria.com/templates/?a=4580. dead.
  12. News: Nigeria: Titi Atiku, 16 Others Bag Women Awards. 16 June 2017. This Day (Lagos). All Africa. 29 May 2002.
  13. News: Ojoma. Akor. Nigeria: Titi Atiku, Osaze, 73 Others Win d'Linga Award. 16 June 2017. Daily Trust (Abuja). All Africa. 28 June 2010.
  14. Web site: Educating the Nigerian Child. www.africanbookscollective.com. African Book Collective. 16 June 2017.
  15. Book: Atiku-Abubakar. Amina Titi. Educating the Nigerian Child . Paperback . Chris . Chirwa . 9789780294229 . December 2005. Spectrum Books . Nigeria. en.
  16. Book: Atiku Abubakar. Amina Titi. Empower law to fight child slavery. 2001. WOTCLEF. Nigeria. 810891038 . English.
  17. Book: Atiku Abubakar. Amina Titi. Fagbohungbe. Tunde. Fabiyi. Sayo. Let us celebrate humanity: a collected speeches on women's right and human trafficking, volume II. WOTCLEF. 810886562 . 16 June 2017. English.

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