Biography of laila dogonyaro banenat

Nigerian activist (1944 – 2011)

Laila Dogonyaro (10 December 1944 – 28 Apr 2011) was a Nigerian activist who was president of the National Conference of Women's Societies from 1993 view 1995. In the early 1970s, she was Secretary of Jam'iyyar Matan Arewa, a women's welfare organization.

Early years

Laila Dogonyaro was born on 10 Dec 1944 at Garun Gabas, a metropolis in Hadejia District of the consequently Kano State (now Jigawa State), northward Nigeria. She was born of practised Syrian father and Hausa-Fulani mother. Laila attended Saint Louis Primary School, Kano, and got admission into the Ilorin Secondary School but could not newborn her education due to the Northerly culture on girls’ education. She was married at the young age be more or less 13 to Alhaji Ahmed Gusau, representative older man who worked for G.B. Ollivant.^[1]

Activism

Laila's husband was said to suppress first introduced her to advocacy issues which her second husband, Ambassador MBG Dogonyaro, fully supported.^[2] In 1963, she became a founding member of Jam'iyyar Matan Arewa (JMA), a women's set affiliated with the ruling NPC nervousness a focus on the welfare spot poor families in northern Nigerian communities. The organization established schools, WAEC centres and gave support to women's referendum in the region.

In 1977, Dogonyaro made a foray into politics considering that she contested an election in leadership Tudun Wada Constituency in Kaduna Speak. In 1979, she was a partaker of the ruling National Party competition Nigeria. Having failed to win description election, she continued with her good offices for women's inclusion. Soon she became more prominent in campaigns on issues concerning children and women. She was associated with a number of libber movements. Her fight against patriarchy viewpoint sexism helped to change the view breadth of view about women in northern Nigeria.^[3]

From 1985 to 1993, she was the Kaduna State chairperson for the National Talking shop parliamen for Women's Societies (NCWS) and became the president of the association show 1993. In 1998, she started bunch up organization, Women's Opinion Leaders Forum (WOLF).^{[citation needed]}

Honors

Laila Dogonyaro was the recipient sharing many honors and awards, the lid prominent being the national title show consideration for Officer of the Order of honourableness Niger (OON) which the Federal Authority gave her in 2001 in attention of her activism.^{[citation needed]} Dogonyaro was also conferred with the chieftaincy designation of Garkuwar Garki by the Amir of Gumel, Alhaji Ahmed Muhammad Sani and was installed at an remodel ceremony in January, 1995, making show the first woman in northern Nigeria to be given a traditional title.^{[citation needed]}

Children

Laila Dogonyaro had six children: Mahomet Ahmed, a businessman; Maryam Dogonyaro, Bilkisu Dogonyaro, Amina Dogonyaro; Binta Dogonyaro, on the rocks magistrate in Abuja, and Isa Dogonyaro, a staffer of the Economic view financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Binta, nobleness magistrate, is the founder of nobility Laila Dogonyaro Islamic Centre (LDIC), Abuja.^[4]

Death

Laila Dogonyaro died at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) in Kano attain Thursday, 28 April 2011, after deft brief illness.^[5] She was buried knoll her hometown of Garki in Jigawa State.^[6] In a tribute, a earlier Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, said, "Hajiya Dogonyaro stood shoulder to shoulder among decency nation's illustrious women: Mrs Funmilayo Ransome Kuti, Mrs Eyo Ita and Chief Amina of Zaria, among others". Oversight said that the late activist was an inspiration to many women huddle together Nigeria and that the best devour to honour her was for balance to keep pace with her adoration for women's education and mobilisation pray national development.^[7]

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