Justice aloma mukhtar biography of william shakespeare
Aloma Mariam Mukhtar
Chief Justice of Nigeria from to
Aloma Mariam Mukhtar GCON | |
|---|---|
| In office 16 July &#;– 20 November | |
| Preceded by | Dahiru Musdapher |
| Succeeded by | Mahmud Mohammed |
| Born | () 20 November (age&#;80) |
Aloma Mariam MukhtarGCON (born 20 November ) is a Nigerian jurist and former Chief Justice of Nigeria from July to November [1][2] She was called to the English Bar in November, and to the Nigerian Bar in [3][4]
On 16 July , PresidentGoodluck Jonathan swore her in as the 13th indigenous Chief Justice of Nigeria, and conferred on her the Nigerian National Honour of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON).[2]
Background
Mukhtar is from Adamawa state.[5] She attended Saint George’s Primary School, Zaria, St.
Bartholomew’s School, Wusasa, Zaria, Rossholme School for Girls, East Brent, Somerset, England, Reading Technical College, Reading, Berkshire, England, and Gibson and Weldon College of Law, England, before being called to the English Bar in absentia in November, [4]
Career
Mukhtar began her career in as Pupil State Counsel, Ministry of Justice, Northern Nigeria and rose through the ranks:[1][3]
- Office of the Legal Draftsman, Interim Common Services Agency, Magistrate Grade I, North Eastern State Government,
- Chief Registrar, Kano State Government Judiciary,
- Judge of the High Court of Kano State, –
- Justice of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria, Ibadandivision, –
- Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, –
- Justice of the Supreme Court of The Gambia, –
- Chief Justice of Nigeria, –
In her career, Mukhtar has been many firsts: she is the first female lawyer from Northern Nigeria, first female judge of the High Court in Kano State judiciary, the first female justice of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria, the first female justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria (certain sources have erroneously given Roseline Ukeje this honor[6][7]) and the first female Chief Justice of Nigeria.[4]
Awards
During the course of her career she received several awards including the Nigerian national honor of Commander of the Order of the Niger in Prior to that in she received a Gold Merit Award for her contribution in the development of law in Kano state and was also inducted into the Nigerian Hall of Fame in [8]
On 16 July , President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan conferred on her the National Honour of the Grand Commander of the Order of Niger.[9]
See also
References
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