These are indeed turbulent moments for Hajiya Mariya Yuguda, one of the
wives of the former Governor of Bauchi State, Malam Isa Yuguda.
Society Happenings learnt that the exit of her husband from power might
have started taking its toll on her. Unlike when her husband was at the
helm of affairs as Bauchi State Governor; insinuations are rife that
she is currently going through financial constraints to run her
pet-project, AD Rufai Foundation, which was created to pursue issues
that are germane to the survival and progress of the society. Virtually
all Yuguda’s friends and beneficiaries of his government who had been of
financial assistance to the Foundation have since abandoned Mariya to
grapple with the trauma of a financial incapacitated pet-project.
Sources of funding for the Foundation include fund raising activities
and partnership with government and donor agencies.
“So terrible is the financial crisis at the Foundation that almost all
the workers have left because their salaries and allowances could not be
paid. At the moment the corporate headquarters of the Foundation
located a few metres away from Bauchi State Government House stands
empty with only a gateman,’’ a source revealed.
Only weeks back some official vehicles of the Government of Bauchi
State allegedly being used for the Foundation were retrieved from Mariya
on the directive of the State Governor, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar. And
as if all these were not enough, reliable sources disclosed that Mariya,
who enjoyed a long vacation from her official duties when her husband
was governor, has been finding it difficult to adjust to her job in the
office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) as an
Assistant Director without all the paraphernalia of governor’s wife.
Mariya, a graduate of law from Ahmadu Bello University, who was once
rumoured in the media to have been divorced by Isa Yuguda, founded the
Senator AD Rufai Foundation to immortalise the philanthropic ideals of
her father.
Mariya is a professional administrator; she was first Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development in Bauchi State between 2001-2004.
Mariya is a professional administrator; she was first Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development in Bauchi State between 2001-2004.
Prior to that she was Chief Administrative Officer with the Ministry of
Defence before moving to Federal Ministry of Finance in the same
capacity. Her membership cut across numerous professional bodies such as
Nigerian Bar Association, Nigerian Association of Women Entrepreneurs
and Zumunta Association, USA.
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