Gambo Sawaba

Gambo Sawaba (15 February 1933 – October 2001) was a Nigerian women's rights activist, politician and philanthropist. She served as the deputy chairman of Great Nigeria People's Party (GNPP) and was elected leader of the national women's wing of Northern Element Progressive Union (NEPU).

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"If I don't know book, I know rights, I have not been a member of any House of Assembly (legislature). I have not held any office except that I was a member of the House of Prison."

"She campaigned against the marriage of underage girls and the use of forced labor."

"She was also a great advocate of Western education in the North."

"My earliest memories of her when I was growing up was she was fully engaged and involved in civic politics alongside her friends,” Bilikisu recalls"

"Throughout her life, she maintained an open-door policy that saw friends, associates and ordinary members of the public come to the house,” Bilikisu explains."

"[She] would not allow anyone to cook for her. She had particular favourites, the Nupe traditional dish of Dukuno, and also Tuwon Shinkafa or Sakwara [popular northern Nigerian dishes."

"she advocated against the poor state of the prisons and this got her arrested again!"

"I knew that if women remained silent, nothing would change for us."

"Politics is not only for men. Women have a duty to shape the future of our nation."