Laraba Gambo Abdullahi
Laraba Gambo Abdullahi (an haife ta a shekara ta 1951) ‘yar asalin kimiyyar hada magunguna ce kuma mai gudanarwa a Najeriya wacce ta kasance mataimakiyar shugabar jami’ar Abuja daga 1999 zuwa 2004. Abdullahi ta riƙe mukamai da dama na siyasa a yayin aikin ta.  A kwanan nan ta kasance darakta a Hukumar Kula da Fasahar da Ƙirƙira ta Kasa, kayan aikin gwamnati don inganta kasuwanci na ra'ayoyin bincike da aka kirkira da kuma a jami'o'in Najeriya

Farkon rayuwa da Karatu
An haifi Abdullahi a garin Azare, jihar Bauchi, mahaifinta jami’i ne a gundumar Katagum Native Authority.

Ta fara karatu da wuri tun tana yarinya musulma a garin Azare, tayi karatu a Kwalejin 'Yan mata ta lardin Bauchi, sannan a shekarar 1963, ta wuce makarantar Sarauniya Elizabeth, Ilorin inda ta kammala karatun sakandare a shekarar 1969. A shekarar 1970, aka karbe ta  karantar biochemistry a Jami’ar Ahmadu Bello, Zariya, shekara guda bayan nan, ta auri Umar Lawal tun tana daliba.  Daga nan Abdullahi ya kammala karatunta a shekarar 1974. A shekarar 1976, ta shiga jami’ar Maiduguri a matsayin mataimakiyar malama a fannin ilmin sunadarai.

A shekarar 1978, ta yi balaguro zuwa U.K domin yin karatun kimiyar ilmin kimiya tare da samun digirin digirgir a jami’ar Loughborough ta Technologyin 1984. Abdullahi ta dawo Najeriya ta karbi mukamin malami a Jami’ar Maiduguri.  A cikin 1985, bayan 'yan shekaru na aikin ilimi, an nada ta kwamishiniyar watsa labarai ta jihar, sannan ilimi da kasuwanci da masana'antu suka biyo baya.

Ayyuka
Bayan ta kwashe shekara biyar tana aikin gwamnatin jihar Bauchi, Abdullahi ta sake komawa fagen karatun ta.  A watan Disambar 1990, ta samu mukamin neman ilimi a Jami’ar Abuja kuma tsakanin 1991 - 1998 ta kasance darakta a shirin gyara kwalejin da karatun gaba daya.  Tsakanin 1998 da 1999, ta yi aiki a matsayin Ministar harkokin mata da ci gaban zamantakewar Najeriya. 

A shekarar 1999, an naɗa ta a matsayin Mataimakin Shugaban Jami’ar Abuja.  Yayin aikin ta, ta inganta dangantaka tsakanin hukumar jami'ar da kungiyoyin kwadago.  Ta jajirce wajen nuna kwazo da daukaka a fannin siye da ciyar da jami'oi da mashahuran ma'aikatan ilimi.

Manazarta

Rayayyun Mutane
Haifaffun 1951