Maryam Babangida
Maryam Babangida (An haife ta ne a ranar daya ga watan Nuwamba,shekara ta alif 1948, ta mutu a ranar ashirin da bakwai(27) ga watan Disambar shekara ta 2009 ta kasance uwargidan Janar Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, wanda ya kasance shugaban kasar Nijeriya na mulkin soja daga shekara ta 1985 zuwa shekara ta 1993.  An zargi zamanin mulkin mijin nata da yawaitar cin hanci da rashawa.  A na tuna ta ne bisa kasancewarta wadda ta kirkiro mukamin ofishin Uwargidan Shugaban Najeriya tare da nada kanta a matsayin wadda ta fara rike wannan mukami. A matsayinta na matar shugaban kasa, ta ɓullo da shirye-shirye da yawa domin inganta rayuwar mata. Hakan yasa ta zama sananniya kuma abar koyi a matsayin da ta rike bayan sauke mijinta daga mulki.

Tarihin Rayuwa 
An haifi Maryam King a shekara ta 1948 a garin Asaba (jihar Delta a yanzu ), inda ta halarci karatun firamare. Mahaifiyarta itace Hajiya Asabe Halima Mohammed daga Jihar Nijar,  Hausa, ce da kuma mahaifinta Leonard Nwanonye Okogwu daga Asaba, wani Igbo . Daga baya ta koma Arewa zuwa Kaduna inda ta halarci Kwalejin Sarauniya Amina ta Kaduna don karatun sakandare. Ta kammala karatunta a matsayin sakatariya a Cibiyar Horarawa ta Tarayya da ke Kaduna. Daga baya ta samu difloma a aikin sakatariya  daga Jami’ar Fadada La Salle ( Chicago, Illinois ) da Takaddar Kimiyyar Kwamfuta daga Cibiyar NCR da ke Legas .  

A ranar 6 ga watan Satumba shekarar 1969, jim kadan kafin ta cika shekara 21, ta auri Manjo Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida. Sun haifi yara hudu, maza biyu Mohammed da Aminu, da mata biyu, Aisha da Halima.  Bayan mijinta ya zama Shugaban hafsan soji a shekarar 1983, Maryam Babangida ta zama Shugabar kungiyar Sojojin Najeriya na Hafsoshin Sojoji (NAOWA). Ta kasance mai taka rawa a wannan rawar, kaddamar da makarantu, dakunan shan magani, cibiyoyin horar da mata da cibiyoyin kula da yara. 

Abubuwan da take sha'awa sune aikin lambu, ado na ciki, kida, squash, badminton, tattara tsuntsaye, ayyukan jin kai da karatu.

Uwargidan Shugaban Kasa 
Lokacin da mijinta ya zama shugaban kasa a shekara ta 1985, Maryam Babangida ta kaura da yaranta zuwa Barikin Dodan da ke Legas . Dole ne ta shirya gyare-gyare sosai don sanya dakunan su dace da liyafar hukuma. Barikin Dodan yana daya daga cikin muhimman wurare da aka kame a yunkurin juyin mulki na watan Afrilun shekarar 1990 da Gideon Orkar ya yi wa Ibrahim Babangida, wanda ya kasance a barikin lokacin da harin ya faru, amma ya samu tserewa ta hanyar baya. 

A matsayinta na Uwargidan Shugaban Najeriya tsakanin shekarar 1985 da shekara ta 1993, ta mai da matsayin bikin zuwa zakara ga ci gaban matan karkara. Ta kafa Better Life Programme don Matan karkara a shekarar ta 1987 wanda ya kaddamar da gungiyoyi da yawa, masana'antu na gida, gonaki da lambuna, shaguna da kasuwanni, cibiyoyin mata da shirye-shiryen jin dadin jama'a.  An kafa cibiyar bunkasa rayuwar mata ta Maryam Babangida a shekarar 1993 domin gudanar da bincike, horo, da kuma jan hankalin mata zuwa ga cin gashin kai. 

Ta taimaka wa mata sosai.  Ta tuntubi matan shugabannin wasu kasashen Afirka don jaddada rawar da za su taka wajen inganta rayuwar mutanensu. 

Littafinta mai suna: Home Front: Nigerian Army Officers and Matansu, wanda aka wallafa a shekarar 1988, ya jaddada darajar aikin da mata ke yi a cikin gida don tallafa wa mazajensu, kuma masu rajin kare mata sun soki lamarin. 

Aiki tare da Majalisar forungiyoyin Mata ta (asa (NCWS) tana da tasiri mai mahimmanci, ta taimaka samun tallafi ga shirye-shirye kamar shirin SFEM da ba a so (Kasuwar Musamman na Musamman)  don rage tallafin, da rage darajar kudi da kuma daidaita su. Ta kuma kafa kyakkyawan mutum. Da yake magana game da buɗe bikin baje koli mafi kyau na rayuwa a shekara ta 1990, wani dan jarida ya ce "Ta kasance kamar sarauniyar Rome ce a kan karaga, mai mulki kuma mai kyan gani a cikin kayan da ke kwararar dutse wanda ya ki bayanin. . . " Mata sun amsa mata a matsayin abin koyi, kuma rokon nata ya dade bayan mijinta ya fadi daga mulki.

Rashin Lafiya da Mutuwa 
A ranar 15 ga watan Nuwamba shekara ta 2009, jita-jita da aka yada cewa tsohuwar uwargidan ta mutu a gadonta na asibiti a Jami'ar California (UCLA) Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center a cikin Los Angeles kan rikitarwa da ke faruwa daga cutar kansar kwarji.  Sai dai, wata mai taimaka wa tsohon shugaban, ta ce "Misis Maryam Babangida na raye. Na gaya mata labarin da ake yadawa a Najeriya game da mutuwarta sai ta yi dariya, tana cewa waɗanda ke dauke da labarin za su mutu kafin ita.” 

Maryam ta rasu ne tana da shekaru 61 sakamakon cutar sankarar kwan mace a ranar 27 ga watan Disambar shekarar 2009 a wani asibitin Los Angeles, California .   Mijinta yana gefenta kamar yadda ta mutu.  Shugaban Majalisar Dattawan Najeriya, David Mark, an ce ya fashe da kuka lokacin da ya samu labarin.

Ta'alifi 

 Maryam Babangida (1988). Fagen gida: hafsoshin sojojin Najeriya da matansu . Littattafan Fountain. ISBN Maryam Babangida (1988).  Maryam Babangida (1988).

Manazarta 

Hausawa
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