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Barrister Hannatu Musawa is appointed Nigeria's culture minister
Hannatu Musawa, a Nigerian barrister and human rights activist who has worked as a solicitor in Britain, has been appointed to the newly-created role of minister of art, culture and the creative economy in President Bola Tinubu’s new 45-member cabinet.
Musawa holds a law degree from the University of Buckingham in the UK and has postgraduate degrees from the universities of Cardiff and Aberdeen. She also founded her own law firm in Nigeria, Hanney Musawa & Associates, according to her LinkedIn profile. Nigerian press reported that the new ministers are to be sworn in on 21 August. Musawa succeeds Layiwola Mohammed, the culture minister since 2015.
Her legal background may prove helpful to Musawa in negotiating the return of Benin bronzes from Europe and the US and plans for the construction of new museums in Nigeria. She also writes a weekly newspaper column that she says “is a forum she uses to speak out, without fear or favour, on behalf of Nigerians who have no voice.”
Musawa grew up in the state of K
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Hannatu Musawa
Nigerian politician and minister (born 1974)
Hannatu Musa Musawa (born 1 November 1974) is a Nigerian lawyer, politician, and author who has served as the Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy since 2023.[1] She is from Katsina State in northern Nigeria and belongs to the Hausa-Fulani ethnic group.[2][3][4]
Early life and education
Musawa is the daughter of Musa Musawa, a member of the radical leftistFirst Republic party, Northern Elements Progressive Union, and its successor in the Second Republic, Peoples Redemption Party.[5][6]
Musawa obtained her undergraduate degree in law from the University of Buckingham in the United Kingdom. She then pursued two postgraduate master’s degrees: one in the legal aspects of marine affairs from the University of Cardiff in Wales, and another in oil & gas from the University of Aberdeen.[7][8]
Career
Musawa has had a varied and successful career in different fields. She has worked as a lawyer in private
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Nigerian youths have demanded to be given a chance to participate in government. The appointment of 43 years old Hannatu Musawa as Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy would have earned a thumbs up for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, rather it has given room for more scrutiny on his criteria for selecting ministers in his cabinet.
When Hannatu Musawa was allocated portfolio, her family, friends and few young Nigerians were excited to have another young person in government but the twist of luck followed almost immediately after a civil society organisation, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), claimed Musawa had yet to complete her one-year mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). HURIWA said in a statement on Thursday that the Minister’s Place of Primary Assignment is a law firm in Abuja.
The rights group asked the management of the NYSC to compel Musawa to focus on her NYSC or the Ministerial appointment. “HURIWA wondered why the correct status of Musawa wasn’t made known to the members of the public before the senate se
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