Hannatu Musawa: The rising profile of an amazon

There are all kinds of passions in this world and all kinds of people feeding these passions. For Barr. Hannatu Musa Musawa, the passion for the country has driven her to heights never before reached by many. The woman’s diligence is something that all people celebrate, especially those that are aware of her feats as woman of many parts.

The biggest label with Hannatu at the moment is that of the Ministerial appointment by president Bola Tinubu while Senate unprecedentedly confirmed her slot minister of Federal Republic of Nigeria.

As a daughter of veteran politician, Hannatu is tasked with the duty of overseeing the responsibility to elevate the image of the country at her given portfolio, with intention to inspire national unity, faith, and progress.

She comes from Katsina state in Northern Nigeria and is the daughter of veteran politician Alhaji Musa Musawa.

Hannatu holds a degree in law from the University of Buckingham, UK and took a Postgraduate Masters Degree in the Legal Aspects of Marine Affairs from the University of Cardiff, Wales. The desire to improve herself, she has a Postgraduate Masters Degree in Oil and Gas Law from the University of Aberdeen.

As a qualified Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, she has had a varied and rich working experience both in Nigeria and in the UK.

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She is a qualified Solicitor in England and Wales, UK, a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. She has worked as a Litigation lawyer and legal advisor to a number of private Companies.

As junior lawyer, she was attached and worked with the law firm of Late Chief Clement Akpamgbo (former Attorney General of the federation) and she also worked briefly with Barrister Bala Na Allah during the Oputa Panel; Human Rights Violation Commission. She consequently went ahead to form the firm of Hanney Musawa & Associates.

From 2003, she has been an active political activist. She fully participated in the political activities of the opposition during the 2003 and 2007 Nigerian elections. She was also one of the lawyers on the prosecutions leading team in the 2003 Presidential Election Petition between General Muhammadu Buhari and General Olusegun Obasanjo.

In the aftermath of the decision of that election petition, she continued to express and voice her views through the medium of print media by maintaining a weekly newspaper column.

It is a forum she uses to speak out, without fear or favor, on behalf of Nigerians who have no voice and on issues that border on the premise of peace and justice. She has been a human rights and Women’s rights activist for several years.

In 2011, Hannatu Musawa contested for the Federal House of Representatives legislative seat in her home state of Katsina in Nigeria.
She was the deputy spokesperson of All Progressives Congress before now.