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Woman Crush Sunday: Honorable Sadiya Umar Farouk

     Hon. Minister Sadiya Umar Farouk was  born on November 5, 1974, She is a Nigerian politician currently serving as the minister of the newly created Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development under President Buhari's regime.
She is a graduate of  Ahmadu Bello University Zaria where she obtained a degree in Business Administration in 1998.
In 2008, Sadiya Umar Farouk obtained a masters degree in International Affairs and Diplomacy from the same University. In 2011, she obtained her masters degree in Business administration from the Ahmadu Bello university.
Farouk is by age the youngest minister in the current federal cabinet. Farouk is seen to be one of the closest ministers to the President in the current cabinet and many refer to her as a “super minister”. She has been in the good book of  President Buhari from the days the president serve as the presidential candidate of the defunct Congress for Progressives Change, CPC with Farouk as the national treasure of CPC (2011-2013) and later national treasurer of the All Progressives Congress.
  Sadiya Umar Farouk served as Senate Committee on Aviation and worked with the Senate Committee on Appropriation in the National Assembly between 1999-2000.
In 2001, Sadiya Umar Farouk was employed as operational manager Pinnacle Travels and Tours Ltd (a Nigerian travel agency).
In 2003, she was employed as Administrative officer II at the National Assembly Service Commission. Before leaving the National Assembly Service Commission in 2010 she was the Principal Administrative Officer.
Following a merger of political parties which gave birth to APC, she became the National Treasurer of the All Progressive Congress (APC) from June 2013 to June 2014. She was also part of the team that led the All Progressive Congress (APC) to victory in the 2015 general election.
In 2016, Sadiya Umar Farouk was appointed Honourable Federal Commissioner (HFC) of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) by President Buhari.
In December 2019, Farouk was queried by the office of the president for exercising powers beyond her official briefs by employing more aides than officially approved and delaying the monthly stipend of N-Power volunteers, a social intervention program of the federal government.
September 24th, 2020, Sadiya Umar Farouk got married to the Chief of Air Staff Sadique Abubakar; Their marriage was reported to be  a private ceremony.
  One reason she is our woman crush Sunday is, She is the first minister in this newly created ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and she has indeed been involve in humanitarian service especially in rural areas. Keep soaring, the sky is your starting point.
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