Bilkisu Yusuf
Bilkisu Yusuf, also known as Hajiya Bilkisu Yusuf, (2 December 1952 – 24 September 2015), was a Nigerian journalist, columnist and editor for prominent newspapers in Abuja, Kano and Kaduna, Nigeria. She is known in Nigeria for being the first woman to direct a national newspaper operation and served as editor for two more.
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Quotes
[edit]- For you to be able to inform others and to educate them, you have to be informed yourself and be educated yourself.
- Journalism (8 July 2010)
- If northern Nigeria were its own country, it would have the world’s worst maternal mortality rate.
- Advocacy succeeds through two things: consistency and tenacity. You have to be patient and keep working.
- As quoted in A Discussion with Bilkisu Yusuf, Journalist, Executive Director, Federation of Muslim Woman's Associations in Nigeria. Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs (8 July 2010).
