| Hadiza Shagari | |
| Office: | First Lady of Nigeria |
| Term Label: | In role |
| Term Start: | 1 October 1979 |
| Term End: | 31 December 1983 |
| Predecessor: | Esther Oluremi Obasanjo |
| Successor: | Safinatu Buhari |
| President: | Shehu Shagari |
| Birth Name: | Hadiza Dawaiya |
| Death Date: | 12 August 2021 (aged 80) |
| Death Place: | Abuja, Nigeria |
Hadiza Dawaiya Shagari, also known as Hadiza Shehu Shagari (1940/41 – 12 August 2021) was a Nigerian public figure, former First Lady of Nigeria from 1979 to 1983, and widow of Shehu Shagari.[1]
Together with Shehu Shagari's other two wives, Hadiza Shagari served as First Lady of Nigeria when her husband assumed the presidency from 1 October 1979 to 31 December 1983.[2]
Hadiza Dawaiya met her husband, Shehu Shagari, while he was working as a visiting teacher and Federal Scholarship Board member in Sokoto province (present-day Sokoto State).[2] They married in 1957.[2]
Hadiza Shagari died from complications of COVID-19 at the Gwagwalada Isolation Center in Abuja at approximately 3 a.m. on 12 August 2021.[2] [3] She was 80 years old. Her funeral was held at the Abuja National Mosque on 12 August at 4 p.m.[2] [3] Her husband, former President Shehu Shagari, died in 2018.[4]