By Rahila Dauda
Indeed the 12th of March 2021 is a memorable and remarkable day for the amazon and doyen of FIDA Nigeria and the Corporate affairs Commission, Hajiya Laraba Shuaibu who clocked the diamond jubilee today and also retires as a Director at the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja. She was a former Regional Vice President of FIDA International (North and West Africa) and former chairperson of FIDA Nigeria Abuja Branch.
Hajiya Laraba Ahuaibu was born and brought up in Kaduna State and she is the second child out of 10 children. She attended St Anne Boarding Primary School, Kaduna Capital School and also had her secondary school education at Queen Amina’s College Kaduna. She further proceeded to the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where she bagged her law degree, thereafter to the Nigerian Law School, Lagos, for her call to bar qualifying tutelage. Hajiya Laraba Shuaibu has been married for almost forty years and is blessed with two children.
Hajiya Laraba Shuaibu is an ardent advocate for women and girls and a crusader against gender based violence, during her tenure as FIDA Nigeria Abuja branch chairperson, the campaign against gender based violence was tremendous and most exemplary, she is also a firm believer and a champion of FIDA’s motto which is promoting, protecting and preserving the rights of women and children, and a lot of FIDANs look up to her both as a mentor and a mother.
Some prominent members of FIDA Nigeria Abuja Branch showered these encomiums on the celebrant.
In the words of Chief Mrs Victoria Awomolo SAN, FCiarb, immediate past Regional Vice President of FIDA International (North and West Africa)
‘’Happy, happy birthday, that is what I can say, I wish you many, many happy returns…..Congratulations my dear sis and personal person, Hajia Laraba and happy DIAMOND BIRTHDAY and GLORIOUS RETIREMENT from service! I rejoice with you in your special day today. It’s indeed a double celebration and wish you God’s continued grace, joy, long life and more prosperity in good health and fulfillment. Your star will never dim and you will enjoy the fruits of your labour. You sure look beautiful and fabulous @60!! Welcome to the Elders’ Club!!! God bless you and all yours now and forever. Amen. Enjoy your day to the glory of God’’
‘’A great and happy day indeed! Congratulations to you on this happy anniversary of your birth, my dear lovely lady, my personal person, a quintessential woman, a woman of divine endowments of humility, peace, joy and intergrity, a selfless woman, a woman of deep respect and uncommon empathy, a wonderful lady of panache and distinctive elegance.
A truly happy woman. I rejoice with you as the good Lord continues to lavish His love on you. As you turn this bend and get pulled out of the Civil Service of the Federation in grand style, I wish you an even more spectacular and brilliant life. May you continue to be a beacon of love and light to all whose good fortune lead into your sphere. Here’s to many more great years of celebration. Happy birthday’’ – Lady Ngozi Okogbue. Chairperson, Correctional Centre Service Committee FIDA Nigeria Abuja Branch.
‘’Happy 60th Birthday to my lovely aunty, mentor and all round phenomenal woman, mother and grandmother. Wishing you Allah’s rahama and love on your 60th Birthday and the occasion of your retirement from service. While celebrating an icon at 60, Life with its attendant blessings and exciting possibilities is just beginning for you. Here’s to an amazingly fabulous after-service experience, and to the gloriously memorable years ahead. I love you. Happy 60th birthday Ma’’ – Nachamanda Shaltha, FIDA Nigeria Abuja branch General Secretary.
From all of us at Law and Society Magazine, we say a big congratulations Ma.
