Biography of the Founder |
Brief Profile of Hajia Salamatu Garba,
FOUNDER/ Executive Director-Women Farmers Advancement Network- WOFAN Hajia Salamatu Garba is a Nigerian and has a Bsc in Botany and Msc in Plant Pathology from Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria. She received her Gender Trainers and Development Post Graduate Certificate from the Centre for International Development and Training, University of Wolverhampton, in the UK. She was honoured with a Doctorate Degree from the Institute of Excellence in Dubai for her Enormous leadership and Community Development Initiative across the African region. Hajia Salamatu is the founder of the Women Farmers Advancement Network- WOFAN formed in 1993 while she was still a lecturer at two Nigerian Universities, ABU Zaria and Bayero University, Kano
Hajia Salamatu Garba is a Nigerian and has a Bsc in Botany and Msc in Plant Pathology from Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria. She received her Gender Trainers and Development Post Graduate Certificate from the Centre for International Development and Training, University of Wolverhampton, in the UK. She has bagged a Doctorate Degree from the Institute of Excellence in Dubai for her Enormous leadership and Community Development Initiative across the African region. Hajia Salamatu is the founder of the Women Farmers Advancement Network- WOFAN formed in 1993 while she was still a lecturer at two Nigerian Universities, ABU Zaria and Bayero University, Kano WOFAN was formed as a response to the plight of the rural women in Northern Nigeria, as people who are voiceless, poor and absolutely dependent on poor resources through the use of local/ indigenous technology. The low literacy level and lack of awareness on many socio- economic issues of the rural women was also the bedrock for the establishment of WOFAN and interest in rural development! – WOFAN’s aim is to improve and promote the economic, social and political empowerment of rural women and youths to transform agriculture into business and develop positive linkages across all the agricultural value chains including access to finance and technical know -how. WOFAN over the years has supported Thousands of households scale up and diversify their income, constructed and supported hundreds of schools and Islamiyya centers across Northern Nigeria to support rural education and improved livelihood of the girl-child and women empowerment (www.wofan-ng.org).
Hajia Salamatu Garba has served in various capacities including:
She received several awards within Nigeria and across the globe including in November 2006, when she was honoured for the first distinguished award in grassroots mobilization in UK by the Commonwealth Business Council in partnership with NEPAD and Women In Agriculture and Environment Network. She was also honoured for life time achievement & leadership award by Institute of Excellence- Dubai. In 2012 she received the “Valued and Inspirational leadership” award, by the Nigerian Leadership Initiative (NLI) and in 2013 “Rare GEM AWARD on MDGs” by the United Nations Information services (UNICS) and WODEF (Women’s Optimum Development Foundation) in Lagos-Nigeria. In 2015 Hajia (Dr) Salamatu Garba was also honored for Values in Leadership by CVL Ltd/Gte in partnership with the Economic committee of West Africa ECOWAS as the team leader of the 2014 agric friendly NGO in Nigeria for reaching out and supporting over 5 million rural women and youths in 6 Northern states of Nigeria.
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