Hajia gambo sawaba biography of mahatma


Hajia gambo sawaba biography of mahatma

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    Gambo Sawaba

    Nigerian political activist

    Hajia Gambo Sawaba (15 February 1933 – October 2001) was a Nigerian women's rightsactivist, politician and philanthropist.[1][2] She served as the deputy chairman of Great Nigeria People's Party (GNPP) and was elected leader of the national women's wing of Northern Element Progressive Union (NEPU).[3]

    Background

    Parents

    Hajia Sawaba was born to Isa Amartey Amarteifio (christened Theophilus Wilcox) who was an immigrant from Ghana and Fatima Amarteifio, a Nupe woman from Lavun Local Government, Niger State.

    Amarteifo was a graduate of Ghana School of Survey who immigrated to Nigeria in 1910 and sought to be employed by the Nigerian Railway Corporation.

    Fatima's maternal great-grandfather was a blacksmith and warrior. His son, Mamman Dazu, was Gambo's maternal grandfather.

    Mamman Dazu is said to have been a great warrior and widely consulted.[1]

    Birth

    Isa Amartey Amarteifio converted to