Who is Aisha Yesufu?
Aisha Yesufu is a Nigerian social and political activist who came to prominence for her role in speaking up for the abducted Chibok schoolgirls in 2014. Aisha Yesufu was the co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girl (BBOG) campaign that tirelessly held protests demanding for the rescue of the 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by terrorists in Chibok.
Full data profile of Aisha Yesufu
Full name: Aisha Yesufu
Age: 46
Birthday: December 1974
Height: 5″10
Alma mater: Bayero University, Kano
State of origin: Edo State
State of residence: Kano
Marital Status : Married
Tribe: Etsako
Career: Activist, microbiologist, businesswoman
Aisha Yesufu’s Childhood
Aisha Yesufu was born and raised in Kano State. Her parents were poor. Aisha described where she grew up as a ghetto.
She said: “Where I grew up in Kano State can be compared to a ghetto, in fact, some people call it the Ajegunle of Kano where you have a lot of drug users, street children, almajiris, and using drugs was very normal over there. If you were not into drugs in that area, you were seen as an odd person.”
Aisha Yesufu’s Education
Aisha Yesufu said she was determined to go to school despite how difficult it was for girl children living in northern Nigeria to go to school.
She said: “By the time I was 11 years old, I did not have any female friends because all of them had been married off but I wanted to be educated and leave the ghetto.”
Aisha Yesufu initially got admission at the Uthman Dan Fodio University in 1992 but later left the school after a crisis and enrolled at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria to study Medicine. Aisha Yesufu left Ahmadu Bello University again after the school was closed following the murder of a professor in 1994. Aisha Yesufu finally completed her tertiary education at Bayero University, Kano, where she graduated with a degree in Microbiology.
Aisha Yesufu’s work profile
Aisha Yesufu is a busines
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