Tag: Maryam Babangida


  • Maryam Babangida; wife of Nigerian military President Ibrahim Babangida, who with her visibility and glamour elevated the position of the first lady. Urbane and beautiful Maryam opened an office for herself in the presidency when her husband became president. In 1987, two years into her husband’s military presidency, she launched the Better Life for Rural…

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  • Better Life for Rural Women Programme; Nigerian social welfare programme of the late 1980s, conceived as a platform for addressing the needs of women from the lower economic class of the society. Wives of military governors in the various states became chairpersons of the state chapters of the BLP with the wives of local government…

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