Mercy Abang
Mercy Banku Abang ta kasance 'yar jaridar Najeriya ce wacce ta samu lambar yabo a Najeriya. An san ta ne saboda aikinta na tallafin aikin jarida wanda ta mayar da hankali ga mafi yawan jama'a masu rauni. Ita ce mafi mashahurin labarun Najeriya.

Mercy ta samu kasancewa acikin shirin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta 2017 (Dag Hammarksjold) Journalism Fellow.

Ta shiga gudanar da lura da misalai da yawa kan abubuwan zabe a yankin na yammacin Afirka. Tana da jerin shirye-shiryen tattaunawa, "Tattaunawa tare da Abang Mercy", wacce ta sami baƙi kamar Reno Omokri, Dele Momodu da Chude Jideonwo.  

A shekarar 2017, an ba ta sunan mace ta shekarar a cikin aikin Jarida.  A shekarar 2012, an sanya sunan cikin daya daga cikin Matan Najeriya 10 da za'a iya sanya ido akansu.

Ta taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen ba da rahoto game da zaben kasar ta Ghana, tare da rufe tashoshin zabe daban-daban a duk fadin kasar tare da bayar da rahoto game da rawar da masu rubutun ra'ayin yanar gizo na kasar Ghana suka yi a yayin zabukan da aka kammala kwanan nan.  Ta kuma ba da rahoto mai yawa game da ayyukan fulani makiyaya a Arewacin Najeriya, ziyartar al'ummomin jihar Neja - da jawo hankalin jama'ar Najeriya ga labaran da ba a ba da labarinsu ba a cikin al'ummomin Gbagyi.

Ta fara ayyukanta ne ta gidan telebijin - a matsayinta na wakilin siyasa da Gidan Talabijin mai zaman kanta da Rediyo, Abuja - tun tana dan karami, tare da nauyinta na rufe bangarorin siyasa da hukumar zaben. Ta zama mai ilimi a fagen siyasar Najeriya da kuma batun zabe. A ITV Abuja, ta yi aiki a matsayin edita mara kan layi, darektan gabatarwa kuma mai gabatarwa. Ofaya daga cikin shirye-shiryen da aka samar shi ne Wannan Morning a kan ITV, wasan karin kumallo. 

A da, ta yi aiki tare da sauran takwarorinta na Afirka da kungiyoyin fararen hula wajen yin kawance da bayar da shawarwari, kungiyoyi kamar Oxfam GB Najeriya, Kungiyar Hadin Kan Yankin Afirka ta Yamma, Gidauniyar Heinrich Boell da sauransu. Ta kuma kasance mawuyacin hali ga Kamfanin Associated Press da kuma mai tsara shirin Jaridar Sunday Times na London, da BBC World Service Trust da sauransu. 

A yayin ayyukanta da Heinrich Boll Foundation, ta yi kasidu da gabatarwa kan yanayin muhalli na Najeriya da kuma abubuwanda zasu sanya gaba nan gaba, a biranen Najeriya da dama ciki har da Legas, Abuja  har ma da na duniya, a Berlin da London.
    

Tana da shekaru 20, ta wakilci Najeriya tare da wasu manyan 'yan Afirka na kawance da Yarjejeniyar Kawance da Tattalin Arziki (EPA) tare da Tarayyar Turai da kasashen Afirka da Caribbean (ACP) a Senegal da Gambiya. 

Mercy ta yi aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar mai yada labarai ga gwamnan jihar Cross River, Donald Duke, a lokacin yakin neman zabensa na shugaban kasa a kan kungiyar Kungiyoyin yakin neman zaben Donald Duke. 

A shekarar 2014, an gayyace ta a taron tattaunawa na shekara-shekara na Kungiyar Tarayyar Afirka kan Mulkin Demokradiyya, kare hakkin Dan-Adam da Shugabanci a Afirka; Na yau da kullun, kalubaloli da kuma tsammanin da aka yi a Filin Safari na Nairobi - ganawa da mahalarta daga ƙasashe 40 na Afirka.   A watan Maris na shekara ta 2015, Mercy tare da wata yarjaridar kasa da kasa, Kadaria Ahmed na BBC, ta karbi bakuncin ‘yan Najeriya zuwa wani taron zauren gidan talabijin na tsawon awanni 2 tare da Shugaban Hukumar Zabe Mai Zaman Kanta ta Kasa, Attahiru Jega a Abuja. 

Hakanan, yayin gudanar da zabukan 2015 a watan Satumbar 2014, Mercy ta karade wani taron Legas tare da matasa inda ta tattauna da tsohon Mataimakin Shugaban Najeriya kuma mai neman takarar shugaban kasa a zaben, Atiku Abubakar . Tana ba da gudummawa ga wasu kafofin watsa labarai kamar YNaija  da EcoJournalism. and EcoJournalism.

Advocacy 
Mercy mamba ce a cikin kawancen ba da tallafi, Enough is Enough Nigeria ne wanda Chude Jideonwo ya kafa, yana aiki a lokaci daya a cikin Babban Mai Gudanar da Sadarwa.  A karkashin EiE, ta shirya tare da gudanar da zauren majami'a da kuma zauren taron gangami don matasa 'yan Najeriya a yankuna shida (6) na siyasa a Najeriya, tare da koya musu yadda ake gudanar da zaben tare da sanar dasu dokokin zaben kasar. A matsayinta na mai magana da yawun jama'a kuma mai sharhi, ta himmatu ga matasa a ciki da wajen Najeriya. 

A matsayinta na matashi ɗan kasuwa na Afirka, tana aiki tare da matasa kuma ta ci gaba da ba da himma ga ƙarni ta hanyar ƙirƙirar damar aiki da aiki kamar ƙwararren masanin kafofin watsa labarun zamantakewa da mai ba da shawara. 

Ta kuma taimaka a cikin shirin bayar da tallafi na LightupNigeria wanda Amara Nwankpa ta kirkira tare da kwato kudaden da Shugaba Goodluck Jonathan ya yi alkawarin ba da magani ga mutanen da ambaliyar ruwan 2013 ta shafa a mahakar gwal a Zamfara.

An yiwa mutane tambayoyi 
A cikin 2017, ban Jaridar Wuta, Mercy, ta yi hira da gwamna Olusegun Mimiko na jihar Ondo, an mai da hankali ne ga masu ba da haihuwa na gargajiya (TBAs) / Agbebi da kuma inganta ayyukan su tare da shirin na Abiye da aka bazu a cikin kananan hukumomin 18 (LGAs) har ma da kafa asibitoci biyu na uwayen Yara da Yara don rage Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) da kashi 84.9 wanda ya kasance daga 745 cikin 1000,000 masu haihuwar haihuwa a cikin 2009 zuwa 112 zuwa 100,000 na haihuwar haihuwa a cikin 2016. 

Mrecy ta yi hira da Farfesa Attahiru Jega, Tsohon Shugaban Hukumar Zabe Mai Zaman Kanta ta Najeriya (INEC), ta yi hira ta tsawon awa biyu tare da jami’ar - wacce aka watsa ta gidan talabijin na Channels - kafin tsayayyar takara a zaben 2015 game da yadda ake gudanar da zaben, shirye-shirye. na hukumar, da kuma tsarin aiwatarwa gaba daya. . 

Wancan shine zaben da ya hambarar da tsohon shugaban kasa Goodluck Jonathan wanda ya kai ga jan ragamar mulkin Shugaba Muhammadu Buhari, tsohon shugaban mulkin soja. 

Atiku Abubakar, Mercy ta yi hira ta sa'o'i biyu tare da tsohon Mataimakin Shugaban Najeriya kuma mai neman Shugaban kasa tare da hukuncin All Progressives Congress (APC) a yayin gudanar da zaben - har zuwa zabuka da kamfen a cikin APC wanda daga karshe ya haifar da fitowar Shugaba Muhammadu Buhari a matsayin mai ba wa tutar jam'iyyar hannu.

Manazarta 

Marubutan Najeriya