Nigerian Entrepreneurs

Full Name: Aisha Muhammadu Buhari
Born: Aisha Halilu
Date of Birth: February 17, 1971.
State of Origin: Adamawa.
Nationality: Nigerian
Marriage status: Married.
Spouse(s): Muhammadu Buhari.
Alma mater: Ambrose Alli University (B.A),National Teachers Institute.(NCE)
Occupation: Entrepreneur and Businesswoman.
Language: Fulani and English
Religion: Islam
Twitter: @ABuhari

EARLY LIFE

Aisha Muhammadu Buhari was born on the 17th of February, 1971 to the family of Mallam Halilu Ahmed Ciroma, who happened to be the nephew of Alhaji Muhammadu Ribadu, Nigeria’s first minister of defence. She is the grand daughter of the Chiroman Adamawa, the first person to hold this traditional title.

EDUCATION
Following her marriage as a teenager, her education received the full support of her husband who did not only encourage her but also got her a private tutor. She later proceeded and got a National Certificate in Education (NCE) from the National Teachers Institute (NTI) and her Bachelor of Arts degree from the Ambrose Alli University (Kaduna Satellite campus). Tall, elegant and bespectacled, she holds a masters degree in international affairs and strategic studies from the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna.
She also got a diploma in Beauty Therapy from the Carlton Institute of Beauty Therapy, Windsor, United Kingdom and did a certificate course at the French Beauty School, Esthetique Academie in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

She is also a member of Vocational Training and Charitable Trust, VTCT, United Kingdom. International Health and Beauty Council. Resource Person (Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE). At NBTE, she was actively involved in the curriculum for small and medium scale enterprises.

BUSINESS CAREER
A business woman and entrepreneur, she is the Founder and Managing Director of the Hanzy Spa and she is also the Principal of the Hanzy Beauty Institute, one of the consultants on Youth Empowerment and Skill Acquisition Programme of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation/Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company.

General Buhari is particularly supportive and interested in his wife’s educational advancements and in order to ensure this goal was met, he hired a special English teacher from the Command Secondary School in Kaduna who gave her the necessary tutorials at home as hinted earlier. Thereafter, she enrolled at the Distance Learning Programme of the NCE at the National Teachers Institute, NTI, Kaduna. From there, she was off to the Ambrose Alli University where she enrolled in the undergraduate programme and received lectures with other students at the Leventis Building Satellite Campus in Kaduna, some months ago, she graduate from the NDA with her masters degree.
Gingered by her husband and her own academic success, Mrs. Buhari is noted for contributing to and encouraging many other people, some of which were family members and non-relatives too, to pursue education to the highest level possible.

LOVE, FAMILY AND MARRIAGE
On the 2nd of February, 1989, a couple of months before her 19th birthday, she got married to Nigeria’s former head of state and military ruler, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd). She is the only wife of the general but she is not his first wife. General Buhari was married to the late Hajia Safinatu Buhari whom he divorced legally for more than two years before tying the knots with Aisha. Their marriage is blessed with five children namely Halima, Yusuf, Zahra, Aisha and Amina and two grand children one of whom is her namesake.