Hajiya Zainab Maina
Hajiya Zainab Maina, FCIA, MFR (an haife ta ranar 7 ga watan Agusta, 1948) a Jihar Adamawa da ke Arewacin Najeriya. Ta kasance tsohuwar ministan mata da walwalar jama'a (Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development of the Federal Republic of Nigeria) wadda aka nada ta a watan Julin shekara ta 2011.

Ilimi da Rayuwa 
Zainab Maina ta fito ne daga jihar Adamawa dake Arewa Maso Gabashin Najeriya. Ta yi karatu a  "Kaduna Polytechnic" inda ta samu Diploma a fannin Gudanarwa da kuma karatun gaba da Diploma ND a fannin girke-girke da kula a otel (Catering and Hotel Management). Bugu da ƙari, ta kuma samu shaidar karatun sakataranci (Secretarial Studies) a "Federal Training Centre Kaduna" , sannan kuma a cibiyar "Centre for Development & Population, Washington DC", dake USA inda ta samu karatu a kan "Institution Building Activities" .

Sannan Kuma ta auri Alhaji Umar Joji Maina, Ɗan-Malikin Mubi dake Jihar Adamawa kuma suna da 'ya'ya tare.

Aikin Gwamnati da kuma Siyasa 
Kafin a ba ta matsayin minista a cikin watan Julin 2011, Maina ta kasance:
Board Chairman, National Commission for Nomadic Education, Kaduna (2009–2011);
Board Chairman, Garki Microfinance Bank (1998);
Board Chairman, NCWS, Garki Microfinance Bank, Abuja (1997);
Deputy Chairman, Police Community Relations Committee FCT Command (1998-Date);
Member, Vision 2010 Committee (1997);
Board Member, National Programme on Immunization (1998–2000);
Board Member, Adamawa State Primary Schools Board (1991–1994);
Board Member, Family Economic Advancement Programme (FEAP) (1997–2000).

Ta kasance shugabar ƙungiyar National Council for Women Societies (NCWS) na Najeriya. Maina na daga cikin masu fada aji a jam'iyyar PDP mai ci na lokacin sannan ta kasance memba na kwamitin dattawa na PDP, majalisar amintattu na jam'iyyar, da darekta ta musamman a fannin harkokin mata a kamfe na tshohon shugaba Jonathan da mataimakin shi Namadi Sambo (2010), Kwamitin tantance 'yan takara na jam'iyar PDP (2010); Wakiliyar mata ta kasa, Majalisar kamfe na shugaban kasa na jam'iyyar PDP (2007), Wakiliya a taron National Political Reform Conference (NPRC)-2005; Wakiliyar Mata na kwamitin sulhu na jam'iyyar PDP "PDP Reconciliation Committee on theExecutive/Legislative Impasse" (2002); Mai saukan baki na kasa da kasa na taron Home Economics and Consumer Affairs International Council of Women (ICW) da aka yi a Bangkok,Thailand (1993).

Ayyukan da ba na Gwamnati ba 
Founder/President, Women for Peace Initiative (WOPI) Nigeria
Patron, Young Muslim Women Association, Nigeria
Sub-Regional Coordinator- Anglophone Africa, International Council for Women
Member, World Association of NGOs (WANGO)
Member, West African Civil Society Forum (WACSOF)
INGO Ambassador, International Non-Governmental Organization(London, UK)

Lambobin Yabo da Karramawa 
National Award of Excellence towards Women Development Abuja, Nigeria
Jean Harris Award – Rotary International
Winner of the Distinguished Eagle Achievement Award Newark, New Jersey, USA
Amazon Women Award for Contribution towards the Development of Womanhood, Lagos, Nigeria.
Africa Youth Congress Award on the authority of the Senate Headquarters, Banjul, the Gambia
Merit Award by the Mayor of Atlanta, USA
Meritorious Certificate for Loyal and Devoted Services to Development by the Nawar-U-Deen Society of Nigeria
Certificate of Recognition – University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
Quintessence Award for Remarkable Contribution to Humanity by media in support of Humanity (MISH)
Ambassador for peace by the Universal Peace Federation and the Inter-Religious and International federation for world peace
Honorary citizen of Kansas City, USA
Fellow, African Business School – FABS
Fellow Chartered Institute of Administration – FCIA
Member of the Order of the Federal Republic – MFR

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