Halimah Yalwa ADAMU

Biographical record

Title

Dr

Surname

ADAMU

First Name

Halimah

Other Names

Yalwa

Gender

Female

Source of Publication

NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)

Date of Birth

Monday, August 21, 1950

Status

Alive

State of Origin

Katsina State.

Place of Birth

Malumfashi; Katsina State.

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Name of Spouse

Alhaji Lawal Abdulmumini Adamu, 1975;

Number of Children (Male)

3

Number of Children ( Female)

3

Profession

Paediatrician

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

lyatanchi Primary School, Rafukka, Katsina, 1957-58; Aya Primary School, Funtua, 1958; Kofar Fada Primary School, Malumfashi, 1958- 59; Rafukka Primary Practice School, Katsina, 1959-60; Provincial Girls' School, Katsina, 1961-63; Government Girls, College, Dala, Kano, 1964-70; Ahmadu Bello University, Samara, Zaria, 1971-76; School of Tropical Medicine, University of Liverpool, UK, 1983-84; Institute of Child Health, University of London, UK, 1989.

Educational Qualification

MB.BS, DTCH

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

Nigerian Medical Association; Padiatric Association of Nigeria; Islamic Health (Medical Workers Association of Nigeria),

Previous Appointments

ps Kaduna State Government, 1980-83; on secondment as ps. Kaduna State Government 1985-88; on secondment as Commissioner, former Kaduna State and present Katsina State. 1985-88; part-time dir. Part time Peadiatrician, Damisa Medical Centre, Kaduna, since 1993; Muslim Hospital, Kaduna, 1994; Medical Director, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna, since 1996; Board mem. Demonstration School for Deaf Children, Kaduna, since 1988; Board, Muslim Hospital Management, Kaduna, since 1992; mm: Health Committee, Kaduna State Foundation, since 1992; Kungiyar Taimakon Majinyata - Patient Mercy Fund, since 1988; Task Force on National Programme on Immunisation, since 1995; Federal Character Commission, since 1995, team mm: Nigerian hajj Medical Mission, 1981, 94, 97; mm: Amirul Hajj delegation to Saudi Arabia, 1987; attended, United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, China, 1995;

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

Aids: Awareness on HIV/AIDS,

Outstanding Achievements

winner, Canadian Mathematical Association Award, 1968; winner, Canadian Deaf Society Award, 1989; winner, Katsina State Merit Award, 1990; National Productivity Merit Award,

Hobbies

Reading, listening to radio/watching television, live drama and football, caring for children and the aged, writing and discussing health matters, travelling;

Social Clubs

Sickle Cell Club of Nigeria, Kaduna State chapter; Nigerian Society for Handicapped Children, Kaduna State chapter; Organisation Mondiale Pour L'Education Prescolilaire.

Residential Address

655, Rhine Street, Maitama A6, off Ibrahim Babangida Way, Abuja.

Official Address

Federal Character Commission, the Presidency, Abuja