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Dr Bello bags continental award​, ​defeats six others

The Continental Parliament of African students (AASU) last weekend at the OAATU Conference Center, Accra, Ghana considered eminent African sons and daughters including Dr Maryam Jummai Bello for the 2021 Kwame Nkrumah Award Series.

The 54-member Anglophone and Francophone Continental body at her 65th parliamentary session held between 27th and 28th February 2022 received nominations from National representatives across Africa.
Dr Bello won the female category of the Africa’s Most Outstanding Public Servant award with a total of 22 votes to displace other contenders. Her closest rival Sahle-Work Zewde, President of Ethiopia trailed second with 18 votes.
Her over 35 years career as a public servant spanned through various establishments in the Nigerian public sector where she served and retired with an unblemished record.
She got employed in the 1980’s at the Federal Ministry of Defence and was seconded to Federal Character Commission in the late 90’s where she was posted to the Economic and Financial Committee.
She was to be later redeployed to the Federal Civil Service Commission and later transferred to Petroleum Equalization Fund as a member of the Management Board.
She held the position of Deputy Chief Auditor and later Head of Inspectorate and Investigation Department all at the Head Office.

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Ifedayo Ogunyemi

Ifedayo O. Ogunyemi‎ Senior Reporter, Nigerian Tribune ogunyemiifedayo@gmail.com

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