List of Influential women to watch in Buhari’s govt

The administration of Nigeria's president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari will be featuring many elegant women.  Let's take a look at some of them.

                                         Aishat Buhari

Hajiya Aisha Buhari, wife of Muhammadu Buhari, will become the country’s new First Lady on May 29 after her husband’s inauguration.

The Adamawa State-born cosmetologist attended the famous Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Administration.


Though, some people have described the member of the United Kingdom Vocational Training and Charitable Trust and the International Health and Beauty Council as an introvert, she is said to be a consummate politician and strong believer in the project Nigeria. The alumnus of the famous Carlton Institute of London and the Academy Esthetique Beauty Institute of France did tell everyone during the pre-election campaigns that her husband, if elected, would give women opportunities to contribute to the development of the country.

                                             Dolapo Osinbajo

Dolapo Osinbajo is the wife of Buhari's vice, Prof. Osinbajo, and the grand-child of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo.  Dolapo is the leader of the Ladies Fellowship of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Jesus House Paris, Banana Island, Lagos.

She has testimonies as a humble and submissive wife by those who are close to her family, she supported her husband in 2007 to establish ‘The Orderly Society Trust’, a non-governmental organisation dedicated to the promotion of Christian ethics and orderliness.

While others sought political offices to touch the people’s lives, Mrs. Osinbajo yearned for a different avenue to reach the larger society, especially the poor. She invariably wrote a book, They Call Me Mama.

She said the drive to write the book came from her experiences with some “street boys and men in Lagos State.” According to her, she aims to use the proceeds from the book to sustain her efforts in getting the street urchins off the roads and into homes.

                                              Remi Tinubu

She is the senator representing Lagos Central.  Remi is an educationist, administrator, philanthropist and Officer of the Order of the Niger. She was described as exemplary First Lady of Lagos State between 1999 and 2007, during which period she founded the New Era Foundation, a non-profit organisation, dedicated to youth development, girl-child education, women empowerment and inspiring youths to excellence.

                                          Abike Dabiri-Erewa

The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on the Diaspora Affairs, is also considered as a force to reckon with in the forthcoming administration.

The dexterity with which she coordinated the APC presidential campaign alongside a senator-elect, Dino Melaye, had endeared her to the party.

Dabiri-Erewa was first elected into the House of Representatives to represent Ikorodu Federal Constituency of Lagos State in 2003 and re-elected in 2007. She also won re-election in 2011.

                                        Hajiya Ramatu Aliyu

The President-General of the Global Women & Youth Empowerment Strategy will no doubt command much respect in Buhari’s administration by the virtue of her position as the APC Woman Leader.

Like her woman colleagues, Ramatu Aliyu, committed herself to APC’s activities to contribute to the party’s victory in the last presidential election.

Aliyu demonstrated her commitment to the party by mobilising the electorate, especially women, to collect their Permanent Voter Cards.

                            Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan

Though the Independent National Electoral Commission declared that the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Mr. Darius Ishaku, won the Taraba State governorship election, the APC candidate in the poll, Senator Aisha Al-Hassan, has demonstrated that she is a force to reckon with in the politics of the state.

Alhassan’s popularity grew after she defeated three male aspirants to clinch the APC governorship ticket at the party’s primary held at Jolly Nyame Stadium, Jalingo, amid heavy security.