Bilkisu Yusuf

Bilkisu Yusuf, also known as Hajiya Bilkisu Yusuf, (2 December 1952 – 24 September 2015), was a Nigerian journalist, columnist and editor for prominent newspapers in Abuja, Kano and Kaduna, Nigeria. She is known in Nigeria for being the first woman to direct a national newspaper operation and served as editor for two more. Quotes For you to be able to inform others and to educate them, you have to be informed yourself and be educated yourself. Journalism (8 July 2010) If northern Nigeria were its own country, it would have the world’s worst maternal mortality rate. Talking about how Northern Nigeria is in terms of health and education (2010) Advocacy succeeds through two things: consistency and tenacity. You have to be patient and keep working. As quoted in Affairs Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World A Discussion with Bilkisu Yusuf, Journalist, Executive Director, Federation of Muslim Woman's Associations in Nigeria https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/interviews/a-discussion-with-bilkisu-yusuf-journalist-executive-director-federation-of-muslim-woman-s-associations-in-nigeria berkleycenter.georgetown.edu Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs 8 July 2010 External links Category:Women journalists from Nigeria Category:Editors from Nigeria Category:Columnists Category:1952 births Category:2015 deaths Category:Women born in the 1950s