Reports which claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari was on Friday, October 11, ready to marry Sadiya Umar Farouq as his second wife has been at the centre of a viral rumour all over the world.
Farouq is the minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development under President Buhari’s administration.
The Herald recent report disclosed some beautiful pictures of the minister.
Meanwhile, here are the key facts you don’t know about Ms Farouq:
The minister attended Federal Government Girls’ College Gusau, Zamfara state after which she proceeded to Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Kaduna state where she obtained her first degree in Business administration in 1998.
She further obtained her Master’s degree in International Affairs and Diplomacy in 2008. In 2011, she bagged a Masters in Business Administration (MBA), both from the same university.
Images at the ongoing #EXCOM2019 with the Deputy Secretary General @UN @AminaJMohammed. ; @Refugees Filippo Grandi and the HM @NCFRMI @BasheerGarbaMoh pic.twitter.com/Qj6ZinjLPd
— Sadiya Umar Farouq (@Sadiya_farouq) October 10, 2019
From 2011 to 2013, Farouq occupied the position of the national treasurer of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the party on which platform President Buhari contested for the 2011 presidential election which he lost to former President Goodluck Jonathan.
The CPC is one of the four political parties that merged to form the ruling APC which eventually ousted Jonathan and the PDP in 2015.
She was the APC’s national treasurer from 2013 to 2014. She was thereafter appointed as a member of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council.
She headed the election planning and monitoring, field operations, and fundraising committee making her play a pivotal role in the success of the party in the 2015 general elections. She formerly headed the National Commission for refugee, migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
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