Barrister Nafisat Lawal Musa/ Hijiya Saudat Abdullahi Maikano/ Mmaasuur Audu/ Elizabeth Lami Anche/ Hauwa'u Evelyn Yusuf

On April 22, 2008, Cornell College hosted five Nigerian women for a lecture on the "Nigerian Women Leadership Program."  These women were in Iowa as part of the Iowa Resource for International Service (IRIS), where they were interning in a variety of governmental/service organizations to gain leadership experience to take back home to Nigeria.  They spoke in Professor Erin Davis's Sociological Perspectives: Structure, Diversity, and Interaction course and in Professor Mary Olson's Race and Ethnic Relations course.

Hajiya SaudatAbdullahi Maikano is the State Immunization Programme Manager, Kebbi State Malaria Control Campaign.  She is the former State Coordinator of Women's Health at the Sokoto State Ministry of Health.

Mmaasuur Audu is a Program Officer with a Bauchi-based NGO called FAcE-PAM.  She facilitated the training of women in NGOs to participate in gender monitoring during the April 2007 national elections in Bauchi State.

Elizabeth Lami Anche is the Senior Presentation Officer and Producer of Youth and Women Programs at the Kaduna State Media Center.  She has created radio programs aimed at women to make them aware of their rights and to encourage them to aim to the top of any chosen career or vocation.

Hauwa'u Eveyln Yusuf is a Lecturer at Kaduna Atate University.  She is the secretary for the committee advocating 30% participation for women in govenrment.  She has written numerous articles on gender equity and on poverty alleviation and organized lectures on issues of educating girls.  She also serves as the Gender Focal Person at Kaduna State University.