BY ABUBAKAR YUSUF
For Associate Professor Falmata Babagana Zulum, in the last six years has utilised the opportunity as wife of the Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, and Borno State first Lady to touch people’s life in all areas.
Not minding the emergency situations of the usual palpable environment, Associate Professor Falmata, a trained academic and expert in public health, with Master’s degree and Ph.D. in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Maiduguri, deployed her passion and wealth of experience into attending to social services on women and children, in collaboration with global partners on human development and emancipation.
Under her pet project, “Multi aid and Charity initiative,” empowerment, child welfare, gender programs has been taking to the highest pedestal to the advantages of women, children of Borno State.
No doubt , the renewed call by the Nigeria’s first Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu to align withe the Renewed Hope Initiative, RHI, her pet project at the state level activities to develop, empower women, youth in Agriculture, Health, and Education was the focus of Hajiya Falmata Babagana Zulum in the last six years, not minding the crises ridden environment.
Undaunted by the artificial and natural phenomenon, Hajiya Falmata in her wisdom has created an enabling environment through her pet project to resettle those ravaged by both natural and unforseen circumstances in the state, through attraction of grants, crisscrossing the state and local government areas, not minding the unpredictable security situations.
Falmata’s partnership with the Borno State government, corporate organization, public spirited individuals and both local and international development partners to rehabilitate women and youths through the organization seminars, symposiums, trainings, empowerment and capacity including skill development became a leeway to resolving many volatile areas problems, that is the hub of terrorists, insurgency and kidnapping.
She is inundated with attracting all sorts of relief to the women, youths and children of the state in collaboration with the state government, that had made Borno State the abode of development partners who on various occasions marked both local and international days, with empowerment, charity, and capacity building for women of the state.
Her career with international organizations, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF made the state the stable of international communities and agencies, that engaged in programs of development of women, youths and children of the state.
With her profession in epidemiology, the international communities and private sector turned the state with focus on epidemics of all sorts on women, children prone to, in some parts of the war ravaged Borno State.
She also attracted 250 Million Naira for Borno women traders, 500 Million Naira for flood victims and also the donation of 1000 bags of Rice, including the Dangote Group donation among many others.
The Associate Professor passion and flare for humanity which led to the establishment of her pet project six years ago, the “Multi-Aid and Charity Initiative,” had improved the lives of women and children in Borno State and vulnerable Nigerians.
Her active supports to the initiatives of distributing food and humanitarian aid, such as Ramadan palliatives, succor, others and educational materials to schools made her won the heart of the populace.
With Advocacies on gender equality and parity, ending gender based violence, GBV, promotion of menstrual health to avoid complications, including the rights of girls to education.
Alive to the welfare of women and children, the wife of the Governor ensured the marking exclusively and extensively the last International Women’s Day for 2026, tagged “Give to Gain” that took place on Sunday, March 8 with series of programs spanned beyond the day.
The supports of her pet project, attractions of development partners, global bodies , local spirited individuals and corporate organizations with the supports of the state government has liberated the women and children of Borno from the shackles of poverty and neglect in recent times.
Written BY ABUBAKAR YUSUF on yus.abubakar3@gmail.com.
