Aisha Alhassan
Aisha Alhassan | |
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Runcie C.W. Chidebe, Executive Director, Project PINK BLUE with Sen. Aisha J. Alhassan, Minister of Women Affairs & Social Dev.; Dr. Ramatu Hassan, Rep. Minister of Health, Chidinma Ekile, Toke Makinwa, Annie Idibia at World Cancer Day | |
| Federal Minister of Women Affairs | |
| In office 11 November 2015 – 29 September 2018 | |
| President | Muhammadu Buhari |
| Preceded by | Zainab Maina |
| Succeeded by | Aisha Abubakar |
| Senator for Taraba North | |
| In office 6 June 2011 – 6 June 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Anthony George Manzo |
| Succeeded by | Abubakar Sani Danladi |
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| Born | 16 September 1959 Jalingo, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now in Taraba State, Nigeria) |
| Died | 7 May 2021 (aged 61) Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt |
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| Nickname | Mama Taraba |
Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan (16 September 1959 – 7 May 2021), popularly known as Mama Taraba, was a Nigerian lawyer and politician who served as the Federal Minister of Women Affairs from her appointment in 2015 until her resignation in 2018. She previously served as the senator representing the Taraba North senatorial district from 2011 to 2015.
Alhassan was elected senator in the 2011 Nigerian Senate elections under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). She later decamped to the main opposition party All Progressive Congress (APC) and became the gubernatorial candidate of the party in Taraba State for the 2015 Taraba State gubernatorial election. She was defeated in the election re-run held on 25 April 2015 by the PDP candidate Darius Ishaku, but on 7 November 2015, tribunal sacked Ishaku and declared Alhassan winner of the 11 April 2015 poll. This was later reversed by the Appeal and Supreme Courts of Nigeria.
She was appointed minister by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, and sworn in on 11 November 2015 after being confirmed by the Senate. She resigned as the Minister of Women Affairs of Nigeria on 29 September 2018.