Saudatu Bungudu Explained

Saudatu Usman Bungudu
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Office1:Federal Minister for Women Affairs
Term Start1:26 July 2007
Term End1:29 Oct 2008
Predecessor1:Maryam Ciroma
Successor1:Salamatu Hussaini Suleiman
Birth Date:January 15, 1942
Birth Place:Bungudu, Zamfara State, Nigeria
Alma Mater:Uthman dan Fodiyo University

Saudatu Usman Bungudu (born 15 January 1942 in Bungudu, Zamfara state Nigeria) was appointed Nigeria's Women Affairs and Social Development minister in July 2007. She was relieved of her post on 29 October 2008 in a cabinet reshuffle.[1]

She graduated from Uthman dan Fodiyo University before first becoming commissioner of Women and Children Affairs in Zamfara State and later federal minister. During her tenure as a minister of Nigeria's Women Affairs and social Development ministry, she decried the judgement passed by an upper area court in Lafia, Nassarawa state in the case of the rape of a nine-month-old baby.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sacking of 20 Ministers. Tobs Agbaegbu. 4 November 2008. Newswatch. 2009-12-22.
  2. Web site: Baby Rapist Sentenced To 1 Year In Prison, Gets N3000 Fine Option – Crime – Nigeria. 2021-05-08. www.thisdayonline.com .