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Maryam Uwais Quotes

Nigeria

Maryam Hajiya Uwais, MFR is a Nigerian businesswoman, lawyer, human right activist and politician. She served as the special advisor to President Muhammadu Buhari on social investments from 2015 to 2023.

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Child marriage is the worst form of violence against the girl-child.

The programme is rights-based, not charity-based.

If we do not invest in our children, we are investing in our future failure.

People are used to using programmes like this for political patronage, but the administration is determined to give everybody an opportunity.

Allah commands that humans observe ihsan (excellence in goodness). Community standards and culture cannot be a substitute for ethics, compassion and virtue.

The beneficiaries were not really the poorest. A lot of them were selected in a manner that was not transparent.

We all have to say no to violence.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Maryam Uwais (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.