Aisha Muhammadu Buhari
| Aisha Buhari | |
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| First Lady of Nigeria | |
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Assumed office 29 May 2015 |
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| President | Muhammadu Buhari |
| Preceded by | Patience Jonathan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Aisha Halilu 17 February 1971 Adamawa, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Political party | APC |
| Spouse(s) | Muhammadu Buhari (m. 1989) |
| Relations | Muhammadu Ribadu (grandfather) |
| Children | Halima, Zarah, Yusuf, Aisha, Amina |
| Residence | Aso Villa |
| Alma mater |
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| Profession | Businesswoman |
Aisha Muhammadu Buhari (born 17 February 1971) is the wife of Muhammadu Buhari, the president of Nigeria, who assumed office on 29 May 2015 after defeating the then-incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan. She is a cosmetologist, beauty therapist and author.
Aisha was born on 17, February 1971 in Adamawa State, Northeastern Nigeria. Her grandfather Alhaji Muhammadu Ribadu was Nigeria's first minister of defence. Her father was a civil engineer, and her mother is a descendant of the Ankali family, renowned farmers. Aisha Buhari went to primary and secondary school in Adamawa State. On 2 December 1989, she married Muhammadu Buhari, who had five children from a previous marriage to Safinatu Yusuf. Aisha and Muhammadu Buhari have five children together and one grandchild.
Aisha Buhari holds a bachelor of arts degree in public administration from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), and a master's degree in international affairs and strategic studies from the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna. She obtained a diploma in beauty therapy from the Carlton Institute of Beauty Therapy, Windsor, United Kingdom. She holds a post-graduate diploma in cosmetology and beauty from Academy Esthetique Beauty Institute of France. She is a member of the United Kingdom Vocational Training and Charitable Trust and the International Health and Beauty Council.
For years, Mrs. Buhari has run a successful business as the founder/managing director of Hanzy Spa and principal of Hanzy Beauty Institute, a beauty salon in Kaduna and Abuja. She is a resource person to the National Basic Technical Education (NBTE) on beauty therapy and cosmetology and has participated in the curriculum development of small medium enterprises for NBTE. Aisha closed her beauty salon following the emergence of her husband as president of Nigeria.
She published a book titled Essentials of Beauty Therapy: A Complete Guide for Beauty Specialists, which has been recommended as a text for the NBTE curriculum.
In July 2014, she advised Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to resign from office as president of Nigeria, following a suicide bombing and an alleged assassination attempt on her husband. She is a women's right activist and child right Advocate, and she has criticized child marriage and homosexuality.
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