GRIN-M33T SADIYAH
NASIR… a graduate of law, USMAN DAN-FODIO UNIVERSITY,SOKOTO (UDUS), NIGERIA
A: My name is Sadiya Nasir, founder and Chairperson,
foundation for the future woman
Q: where do you hail from?
A: By identity, am from Kaduna state, but have been in
Sokoto State for a while.
A: I did my Nursery and Primary education in Kaduna,
precisely in Kaduna Capital School, and then I moved to Sokoto where I
continued up to obtaining a degree in law. So currently, I apply for law school
and awaiting admission.
Q: What are you doing currently to contribute positively to
the society?
A: well….for now, I run a Non-Governmental Organisation with
the name; FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE WOMAN. I founded it and currently the
chairperson.
A: It specialises on female/girl in the rural community.
What brought about this initiative is that I have a female reporter friend who
publishes pathetic stories about girls in the rural communities. Hence, I
realized the need for special intervention by creating this foundation. What we
do is to educate, enlighten, motivate and encourage these girls in the rural
communities.
A: Although, our foundation is a new one but we have been
doing well in community services and human capacity building. We succeeded in
re-orientating girls in the rural communities by changing their notion that
they are neglected because they are not needed in the society. We have also
succeeded in carrying out few projects, one of which is educating 10 girls by
enrolling them in primary school, paying their school fees and providing the
stationery materials needed for them. One of the issues we have in the Northern
part of Nigeria is the issue of stopping education after secondary school
education. Our foundation is doing everything possible to encourage girls to
further their education up to university level.
A: Actually we don’t have a parental organisation financing
us but we do have a board of trustees, who are trying their best for the
foundation but mostly we executive task ourselves to achieve a project. We also
pay monthly dues to the foundation’s purse just to cater for emergency
situation.
A: In a position where we have been able to contribute to
every nooks and crannies of rural communities in every part of Nigeria and be
able break walls between the girls in the rural and urban areas.
Q: Where do you see your foundation in the next 10 years?
A: In a position where we have been able to contribute to every nooks and crannies of rural communities in every part of Nigeria and be able break walls between the girls in the rural and urban areas.
Q: What’s your parting message to Nigerian Youths?
A: There are a lot of issues with Nigerian Youths but what I
will just say is “everyone should stand for himself”; don’t depend on anyone.
Stand for your self. Don’t wait for some sort of help somewhere…..just GO AHEAD
and DO IT!
