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| 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.
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Argungu
is well known for its annual fishing festival Photo: AFP
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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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