Mrs. Martina Jummai Saleh is the Director, International Statistical Development Department. She is the third female to have reached the directorate Cadre at the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its 75 years history.
Fondly referred to as ‘Iron Lady’, Saleh, the only serving female Director in the Statistics House, tells JOSEPH CHIBUEZE about her early life, career path, while challenging young women to live fulfilling lives and shatter the glass ceilings.I grew up in a little village called Jaban-Kogo in Kachia Local Council of Kaduna State; that was where I started my elementary education up to primary five.
When we came back in late 1986, my husband was of the opinion that since he was in the military, if I went into medicine, the home front would suffer, as children had already started coming. He then suggested I go for education, which will give me enough time to take care of the home. I kicked against it, but my aunty told me to accept it, that it was better for me to read education than not to go to school at all.
So, the man told my husband, ‘let her go and kill her curiosity.’ My husband was not very comfortable with the idea, but as we left the office, he said it is like this education I am insisting on is not your calling. We went back and filled out the form and submitted it. A week later, I got a telegram that I have been given the offer; that was how I found myself in the federal office of statistics. I was documented on December 6, 1993.
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