The First Lady of Zamfara State, Hajiya Aisha Bello Muhammad has been nominated as a recipient of the Most Valuable Governor’s Wives Award (MVGWA) 2021 for her commitment towards promoting Girl Child Education in Zamfara state.
The nomination letter and award which was presented to the First Lady on the 23rd of March 23rd, 2021 at Sheraton Hotel Abuja, described her as a distinguished personality who have made her mark in reducing beggars on the streets.
The MVGWA is designed to lead a new phenomenon in the assessment and recognition of the governors’ wives who are providing complimentary achievements to the governors’ successes.
The MGWVA selected the first lady of Zamfara state from the northwest geo-political zone of Nigeria using Girl child Education as its unique selling point.
The Governor’s wives have become part of the democratic team that has been providing grassroots development hence the institute of this award.
The themes of the 2021 edition of this award are specifically targeted at working toward ending rape in Nigeria., activating entrepreneurship through tourism.
The 36 governors wives and the wife of fct minister were assessed based on their project’s availability in the public domain and their impact on beneficiaries in their various locations.
Furthermore,the MVGWA assessment team used the criteria Sustainability, Empowerment, Impact, Change Agent and Cooperate Branding (SEICC) according to global best practicing to shortlist the recipients.
Zainab Shu’aibu Abdullahi
Press Secretary
Office of the First Lady
Zamfara State