Saturday, September 24, 2016

FOR THE RECORD: Hindatu Umar, Young Unmarried Woman, Becomes Leader Of Kebbi State' Argungu Council

Hindatu Umar Photo: BBC
A 25-year-old woman has become the chairperson of one of the biggest and oldest councils in Kebbi state in the north of Nigeria, a region where women are politically relegated for cultural reasons. 
Argungu is well known for its annual fishing festival Photo: AFP
BBC Africa Live report continues:
Hindatu Umar's appointment to lead the Argungu local council is unprecedented: not only is she the first woman to take up the post, she is also the first council leader not to be married.
Ms Umar became the chairperson after the government ordered all council chairmen in Kebbi state whose tenures had expired to relinquish authority to the most senior official in their municipalities.
She had been the deputy to the former administrator.
Some people have expressed reservations over her succession to power. 
They argue that she lacks the experience and boldness to govern a local government like Argungu with all its complexities.

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