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Sarah Jibrin

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Sarah Jibrin is a Nigerian politician. She is the only woman to have contested the Presidential nomination for the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP).

Life

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Jibrin stood as a candidate at the Presidential primary for the People's Democratic Party in early 2011, but only managed to garner a single vote out of 5000 delegates.[1][2]

Jibrin served as a Special Adviser on Ethics and Values to former president Goodluck Jonathan.[3]

She was briefly Chairman of the Justice Must Prevail Party (JMPP), established in 2017.[3] In June 2018 she was among JMPP leaders who took a public oath against corruption.[4]

She is inducted into the Hall of Fame at the National Centre for Women Development.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Sarah Jibril: When Women Betray A Woman, EConomic COnfidential, 1 February 2011. Accessed 20 May 2020.
  2. ^ SARAH JIBRIN: My Defeat Will Haunt Womenfolk, P.M. News, 3 February 2011. Accessed 20 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b Fuse Democracy Day, handing-over day into Oct. 1, Jibrin tells FG, The Guardian, 16 June 2018. Accessed 20 May 2020.
  4. ^ 2019: Ezeife, Sarah-Jibrin, Other JMPP Leaders Take Oath, Aljazirah, 14 June 2018.
  5. ^ Nkechi Chima, Why we set up hall of fame for Nigerian women –Mary Ekpere-Eta, DG, Women Development Centre, The Sun, 1 March 2020. Accessed 20 May 2020.