MARYAM MUSTAPHA AMINU WAZIRI TAMBUWAL LEGACY INITIATIVE (MMAWT) “I believe that education in it’s entirety is a key component to poverty reduction and the advancement of any society” CONTENT 2 WHO WE ARE 6 OUR FOCUS Ÿ H Ÿ HEALTH Ÿ E Ÿ EDUCATION Ÿ E Ÿ EMPOWERMENT Ÿ E Ÿ ENVIRONMENT Ÿ S Ÿ SOCIAL WELFARE Ÿ A Ÿ AGRICULTURE 14 FOUNDER 16 THE BOARD
Maryam Mustapha Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Legacy initiative (MMAWT) 01 WHO WE ARE WHO WE ARE Framework “A workable synergy has been rolled out for easier coordination, collaboration, partnership, and linkages between government and identied stakeholders in the humanities focus as a measure to achieving and also recording meaningful results by result oriented impact assessment.”
THE INITIATIVE The Initiative, Maryam Mustapha Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Legacy Initiative (MMAWT L . I), aims at mobilizing the youth, caring for the elderly and vulnerable, women and children from all strata of the society. MMAWT Legacy initiative will focus on driving and achieving the developmental agenda of the administration in areas of going green, water and sanitation, employment, empowerment, talent identication and management, skills acquisition, training, access to quality health care, general societal well-being, advocacies and policy agitation.
OUR MISSION MMAWT Legacy Initiative primary focus is on driving and achieving the developmental agenda of the foundation, which is to impact on lives and leave a lasting legacy for generations unborn
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CORE VALUES Integrity: being principled and acting with the utmost sincerity without compromising the truth. Community: An awareness of other’s expectations and commitment to society that characterize our presence. Service Beyond Self: To continuously selessly champion the cause of humanity. Respect: Giving due respect to people and maintain the environment of team work and growth Accountability: We are focused on being responsible, transparent, assessing and impacting from our mandate. OUR COMMITMENT As stakeholders, the MMAWT Legacy Initiative will continue to galvanize support for successful implementation of designed agreements, in line with best global practices and in tune with the sustainable development goals of eradicating abject poverty by creating sustainability, access to education, quality health care and sustainable means of livelihood to families, communities, and society at large”. Thus far, laudable humanitarian activities have successfully been achieved with the determination to do more.
Maryam Mustapha Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Legacy initiative (MMAWT) 04 OUR FOCUS HEALTH Outreach Programs On Preventive Medicine Our healthcare programs is a combination of short and long term intervention based efforts focusing on prevention, health outreach programs and medical equipment and support to public and community healthcare facilities in Sokoto State and Northern Nigeria.
COMMUNITY HEALTH SUPPORT Healthcare and access to good health services, especially in rural areas, remains a huge challenge in developing countries, especially sub-Saharan Africa. Our healthcare programs are a combination of short and long-term intervention based efforts focusing on prevention, treatment, health outreach programs, medical equipment and support to public and community healthcare facilities in Sokoto State. MMAWT HEALTHCARE FOCUS INCLUDES:
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Malaria &
Maryam Mustapha Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Legacy initiative (MMAWT) 06 ENVIRONMENT Enlightenment & Technology for Sustainability At MMAWT, our objective for the environment is two pronged – enlightenment and technology. First we have to show the people the impact of climate change most especially from tree felling to make rewood and charcoal to water conservation.
ENLIGHTENMENT AND EDUCATION At MMAWT Legacy Initiative, our objective for the environment is two-pronged – enlightenment and technology. First, we have to show the people the impact of climate change most especially from tree felling to make rewood and charcoal to water conservation. Secondly, the foundation has partnered with various stakeholders to provide alternative cooking/fuel solutions and cooking alternatives using practical technology solutions.
FIGHT DESERTIFICATION The encroaching Sahara Desert that is racing down around one mile per annum, which is very prevalent in Sokoto state on the edge of the desert. The ever-present change in the climate is affecting and has impacted on our livelihood and health. We are joining the ght against desertication in Sokoto through various programmes from enlightenment to tree planting initiatives. One area which we intend to make a signicant impact is changing cooking methods of our people, who rely mostly on rewood and charcoal to cook.
Maryam Mustapha Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Legacy initiative (MMAWT) 07 EDUCATION Reducing Illiteracy Rates Across Sokoto State Knowledge is key to development and eradication of poverty among the people, which is why MMAWT focus on education remains core to the entire initiative. We aim to reduce the illiteracy rate in Nigeria especially in Sokoto state and Northern Nigeria.
ERADICATE ILLITERACY In education, our interventions have been in facilitation of school enrollment for street children, provision of uniforms, school bags, writing and reading materials, volunteer teaching sessions, etc, to the children of the less privileged and orphans, provision of essentials to female students in boarding schools and advocacy on Girl and Boy child education, payment of registration fees for some students of higher institutions, who are not capable of doing so themselves, scholarships and customized programs.
These interventions have so far prevented a large number of our youth from dropping out of school and have boosted the enrollment compliance level in the society.
Maryam Mustapha Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Legacy initiative (MMAWT) 08 EMPOWERMENT Enabling Small Businesses & Entreperneurship The MMAWT Legacy Initiative empowerment programme will serve as an enabler of small business ownership and entrepreneurship for the people of Sokoto state and Northern Nigeria.
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT The MMAWT Legacy Initiative empowerment programme will serve as an enabler of small business ownership and entrepreneurship for the people of Sokoto state and Northern Nigeria. With linkages of the Education initiative, we will empower the people economically by implementing a sustainable micro empowerment schemes supporting individuals and groups in setting up and scaling their businesses. EMPOWERING WOMEN MMAWT Legacy Initiative will, however, narrow the empowerment initiative to women and youth micro businesses at the most vulnerable level of society. Women are major contributors to the income of households, yet are the most discriminated and our programs will focus on expanding women’s economic opportunities. EMPOWERMENT FRAMEWORK Entrepreneurial development training program Vocational training programs with partners Connecting entrepreneurs to funding channels like Micro Loans and Grants.
“It is our strong belief that empowering women and youth through pragmatic programs will help in reducing the poverty and unemployment levels in the society."
Maryam Mustapha Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Legacy initiative (MMAWT) 09 WELFARE Prison Reforms and Social Outreach Initiatives MMAWT Legacy Initiative was coined and intended to leave lasting legacies in our collective humanities. The initiative’s focus and so far has ongoing projects in environment, healthcare assistance, education, prison interventions , social welfare, child rights and wellbeing, advocacies and reform, juvenile delinquents reform, youth empowerment and talent management, women empowerment and the disabled, by means of skills acquisitions, trainings, incentives and rehabilitation.
PRISON REFORMS This is one area we have remained deeply involved in. The initiative has so far secured the release of over 200 inmates through payments of court imposed nes, compensations and debt settlement, and in a few instances worked on steps to judicial expediency for some cases. On humanitarian assistance we donate food items, drugs, beddings, toiletries, medicines and interactions periodically to the prisons in Sokoto State. We strongly advocate and support re-integration of prisoners into society by providing them with adequate counseling, stipends, and major incentives for re-settlement and reintegration into society . HEALTHCARE ASSISTANCE We have in the Last 3years been rendering assistance to inmates and ex-inmates with major and minor medical cases by facilitation of their treatments and welfare. The initiative has so far facilitated the diagnosis, treatment and aftercare of over 300 inmates and ex-inmates. ABUSE AND MOLESTATION The initiative is also involved in the prevention of abuse and molestation of women and children. We have so far intervened in a number of rape and abuse cases involving children and women, with a considerable measure of success.
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JUVENILE DELINQUENTS REFORM MMAWT Legacy Initiative is also fully involved in the affairs of the Sokoto State Remand Home. Since its inception, the initiative has been monitoring the children being detained at the home, whom are mostly there on charges of rape, drug abuse and truancy. The initiative provides new set of beddings, clothing, and books to each detained child; engage them on sanitation exercises, counseling, constructive dialogues and justice and payments of nes.
The initiative in collaboration with the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs and the Ministry of Social Welfare, we have facilitated the reform, release, and reintegration with families of a considerable number of these children or inmates. ADVOCACY, POLICY AGITATION, YOUTH & WOMEN INCLUSION We also have been involved with a signicant number of youths, civil society and women trade groups and associations in Sokoto State. The initiative has so far facilitated several grants and loans for the groups that has helped in enhancing the commercial and vocational activities of many of them in the state and also their inclusion in governance .
Maryam Mustapha Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Legacy initiative (MMAWT) 11 AGRICULTURE Agricultural Productivity and Food Security
FOOD SECURITY Agriculture is important to the development of any nation, Nigeria being no exception. Development must include the youth and therefore MMAWT legacy Initiative seeks to encourage their participation in the agricultural sector. This effort is driven to change the negative perception of the youth and women especially so we can have their participation in agriculture denouncing the notion that (farmers or farming) is projected and perceived as a job for the uneducated, unskilled, physical labourers with extremely low economic return. We enlighten them on Modern agriculture as more than just tilling the soil and rearing/breeding of animals.
BACK TO FARM PROJECT The initiative’s back to Farm Project has the objective of: Making youth accept farming as a commercial business venture;Generate appreciable income to meet farmers domestic and personal needs;Youth will improve their standard of living through improved income. The project has (4) components namely: Ÿ Crops / Block Farm Ÿ Livestock and Poultry Ÿ Fisheries/Aquaculture and Ÿ Agribusiness
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INCENTIVES The sector today offers career opportunities in research, environment, nancial management, engineering and other technical areas for the them to explore and empower their livelihood by creating job and wealth creation. MMAWT legacy Initiative is planning to encourage the youth and women back to Farm through the provision of soft agricultural loans, trainings on modern agricultural techniques and support in acquiring and clearing farmlands by the beneciaries.
WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE INITIATIVE The crucial role that women and girls play in ensuring the sustainability of rural households and communities, improving rural livelihoods and overall wellbeing, has been increasingly recognized. Women account for a substantial proportion of the agricultural labour force, including informal work, and perform the bulk of unpaid care and domestic work within families and households in rural areas. They make signicant contributions to agricultural production, food security and nutrition, land and natural resource management, and building climate resilience.
It is in this view, that MMAWT legacy Initiative tailored a programme that will introduce the rural women who are already into farming to other aspects of agriculture in order to maximize the benets they derive from their labour.
Maryam Mustapha Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Legacy initiative (MMAWT) 13 FOUNDER HAJIYA MARYAM MAIRO AMINU TAMBUWAL - Founder Hajiya Maryam Mairo Aminu Waziri Tambuwal is the last of ve children born into the Family of Late. Hajiya Saudatu and Alh. Mohammed Mustapha Balarabe and an indigene of Kano State, born on the 27th of May and the last of ve siblings. She attended Adrao international school Lagos and Bayero University Staff School in Kano during her formative years and primary school education. And attended Federal government girls college Kazaure , Jigawa state for her secondary education before proceeding to Bayero University Kano, where she bagged a B.Sc. in political Science in the year 2000. She is also certied in courses which includes International oil supply, transportation, rening and trading at the College of petroleum studies, Oxford Princeton programme, London, M.Sc. at Wharton college, Philadelphia United States of America, Insead Business school, France and LBS - Business school. Further Trainings to mention a few include some on Gender Empowerment, Telecommunications, IT and Satellite, Sales, Corporate Social responsibility, CRM, Oil and Gas in various institutions around the world. Hajiya Maryam Mairo Aminu Waziri Tambuwal started her working career at Fossil Resources in Lagos , Suburban Telecom and Government before founding her own consulting rm in 2006, called Oracle Integrated Services. A Consulting rm with focus on IT and satellite, Telecoms, Strategy, Business/product development and Portfolio management. The company was recorded to have launched the rst presidential poll in the country for This Day Newspaper, VAS services and strategy models for corporate and government policy documents. Her experience in management, passion for humanity and corporate social responsibility came into good use and also by virtue of being married to Rt. Hon Aminu waziri Tambuwal who is the incumbent Governor of Sokoto state with the supporting role she plays as a spouse , further exposed her to the enormous problems and needs of women, children, the vulnerable and youth in Sokoto State. Beyond the passion for service to humanity , The challenges and realities on the grass roots level prompted her to create the Maryam Mustapha Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Legacy Initiative (MMAWT L I), as a platform for humanities interventions and humanitarian organization as a non- prot committed to improving lives across the dynamic and developing parts of Sokoto state and beyond.
Maryam Mustapha Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Legacy initiative (MMAWT) 15 THE BOARD RT. HON. AMINU WAZIRI TAMBUWAL - Chairman Rt. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the incumbent Governor of Sokoto State and Chairman, Maryam Mairo Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (MMAWT) Legacy Initiative, was born January 10, 1966 in Tambuwal Village, Sokoto State. He attended Tambuwal Primary School, Sokoto State, where he obtained his First School Leaving Certicate in 1979. In 1984, he obtained the Teachers Grade 11 Certicate from Government Teachers’ College, Dogon-Daji, after which he proceeded to Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, where he studied Law and graduated with an LLB (Hons) degree in 1991. He completed his one-year compulsory legal studies at the Nigerian Law School, Lagos, obtained his BL and was called to the Bar in 1992. Hon. Tambuwal started learning the legislative ropes from 1999 to 2000, while working as a Personal Assistant on Legislative Affairs to Senator Abdullahi Wali, the then Senate Leader. In 2003, he decided to run for a legislative seat as representative of the Kebbe/Tambuwal Federal Constituency.Besides studying for his law degree, he has also attended several courses abroad, among which are the following: Telecoms Regulatory Master Class–Bath UK, 2004; Lawmaking for the Communications Sectors –BMIT, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2004; Regulating a Competitive Industry-UK, Brussels, 2005; Tulane University – International Legislative Drafting, 2005; Stanford Graduate School of Business – Inuence and Negotiation, 2008 and KSG Harvard – Infrastructure in Market Economy, 200. Among his professional afliations, Tambuwal has been a very active member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), over the years. He started off as Public Relations Ofcer of the NBA, Sokoto State chapter between 1996 and 1997. He was a member of the Constitution Review Committee of the NBA (1997–1998). He was the Sokoto branch Secretary of the Association (1997–1998) and Assistant National Financial Secretary of the NBA (1998–2000). From 2000 and 2002, he was the 1st Assistant National Secretary of the Association. He is also a member of the Body of Benchers, Nigeria; International Bar Association, and the American Bar Association among others.
Maryam Mustapha Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Legacy initiative (MMAWT) 17 HAJIYA AISHA HARUNA IBRAHIM - Executive Director Aisha Mustapha Balarabe was born in Kano state on May 15. She is married to Alh. Haruna Ibrahim and has 5 children. A focused woman with experience gained in well established organizations and ability to consistently deliver results. She is a good facilitator in translating the needs of the company and forming relationship that builds the loyalty base of the future. She is a strong team player, leader by example who inspires others toward shared goals. She is driven by a personal passion for excellence and professional loyalty, practiced with ideals of quality through vision.Aisha studied at Bayero University, Kano where she obtained a Bachelors degree in Mass Communication/English. She has attended Essential leadership skills development for heads of units/senior staff, NOUNCIL 2016, Magic software enterprises Lagos: Managers Development program, workshop on micro facilities, micro delivery and administration; workshop on public sector, ofce procedures and operation system, woman centre organized by FEAP, and AIESEC leadership development seminar, University of Ibadan. She has held admin positions at People Bank, Kano, Shehim Ventures, Oracle Integrated Services, Kaduna State University, MTN Nigeria, and National Open University (NOUN), Kaduna.
Maryam Mustapha Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Legacy initiative (MMAWT) 18 This humanitarian platform is intended to be a life long service to humanity for our today, tomorrow, and generations unborn.
Maryam Mustapha Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Legacy initiative (MMAWT) 19 “Our desire to touch the lives of people is what has led us to focusing on issues like rehabilitation of juveniles, prisoners, health, empowerment of youth, women, the vulnerable, elderly, educating our children and dealing with the environment.”
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